flout Definition

flout
verb flouted, flouting

1. To defy (an order, convention, etc) openly; to disrespect (authority, etc).
intr
2. To jeer; to mock.

Thesaurus: mock, insult, ridicule, taunt, deride, mock, spurn, jeer at, scorn; Antonym: respect.
Form: flout at (usually)

Derivative: floutingly
adverb

Etymology: 16c, meaning ‘to play the flute'.

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A word often confused with this one is flaunt.