flaunt vs flout :

flaunt or flout

To flaunt is to show off: you flaunt your new necklace by wearing it to work. “Flout” has a more negative connotation; it means to treat with contempt some rule or standard. The cliché is “to flout convention.” Flaunting may be in bad taste because it’s ostentatious, but it is not a violation of standards.

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Definitions

  • n  the act of displaying something ostentatiously
    his behavior was an outrageous flaunt
  • v  display proudly; act ostentatiously or pretentiously

  • v  treat with contemptuous disregard
    flout the rules
  • v  laugh at with contempt and derision
News & Articles


  • Why Daddy doesn't refer to himself in the third person
    What's with the Mommies and Daddies who refer to themselves in the third person? This Daddy – 10 weeks into his first child – doesn't think parenting is so unusually tough that it justifies flouting social norms.
    July 5, 2013 - The Christian Science Monitor
  • Why Daddy doesn't refer to himself in the third person
    What's with the Mommies and Daddies who refer to themselves in the third person? This Daddy – 10 weeks into his first child – doesn't think parenting is so unusually tough that it justifies flouting social norms.
    July 5, 2013 - The Christian Science Monitor