Definitions for: Flagrant

[adj] conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible; "a crying shame"; "an egregious lie"; "flagrant violation of human rights"; "a glaring error"; "gross ineptitude"; "gross injustice"; "rank treachery"

Webster (1913) Definition: Fla"grant, a. [L. flagrans, -antis, p. pr. of
flagrate to burn, akin to Gr. ?: cf. F. flagrant. Cf.
Flame, Phlox.]
1. Flaming; inflamed; glowing; burning; ardent.

The beadle's lash still flagrant on their back.
--Prior.

A young man yet flagrant from the lash of the
executioner or the beadle. --De Quincey.

Flagrant desires and affections. --Hooker.

2. Actually in preparation, execution, or performance;
carried on hotly; raging.

A war the most powerful of the native tribes was
flagrant. --Palfrey.

3. Flaming into notice; notorious; enormous; heinous;
glaringly wicked.

Syn: Atrocious; flagitious; glaring. See Atrocious.

Synonyms: conspicuous, crying(a), egregious, glaring, gross, obvious, rank

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