flouter

Thân thiện

Definition

Noun: A person who expresses scorn, ridicule, or contempt for someone or something, often by jeering or mocking.

Usage

The word "flouter" is a formal noun used to describe a person who openly shows disrespect or contempt, typically through derisive comments or actions. It often implies a deliberate and scornful attitude.

Examples

• The strict rules were ignored by the flouter, who laughed at the very idea of compliance.
• He was known as a flouter of tradition, always mocking the old customs.
• The speaker was interrupted by a flouter in the audience shouting insults.

Advanced Usage

• The term can be used in legal or formal contexts to describe someone who shows contempt for rules, laws, or conventions.
  • The judge warned the flouter of court decorum that further disruptions would not be tolerated.

Variants and Related Words

• Flout (verb): To openly disregard or mock a rule, law, or convention.
  • He chose to flout the regulations.
• Flouting (noun/gerund): The act of openly showing contempt.
  • His flouting of authority led to his dismissal.

Synonyms

• Scoffer
• Mocker
• Derider
• Scorner
• Jeerer

Antonyms

• Respecter
• Admirer
• Follower (of rules/conventions)

Related Idioms and Phrases

• To hold in derision: To treat or regard with contemptuous mockery. This phrase describes the action typical of a flouter.
  • The proposal was held in derision by the veteran members of the committee.

Học thuật

Noun

1. someone who jeers or mocks or treats something with contempt or calls out in derision

Từ đồng nghĩa

• scoffer
• mocker
• jeerer