Flout /(?)/

Flout

v. t.

imp. & p. p. Flouted; p. pr. & vb. n. Flouting

  1. To mock or insult; to treat with contempt.
    Phillida flouts me.
    — Walton.
    Three gaudy standards flout the pale blue sky.

Flout

v. i.
  1. To practice mocking; to behave with contempt; to sneer; to fleer; -- often with at.
    Fleer and gibe, and laugh and flout.

Flout

n.
  1. A mock; an insult.
    Who put your beauty to this flout and scorn.