Flagrant

Adjective

 * 1) Obvious and offensive, blatant, scandalous
 * 2) * 1740, David Hume, A Treatise of Human Nature
 * It is certain, therefore, that in all our notions of morals we never entertain such an absurdity as that of passive obedience, but make allowances for resistance in the more flagrant instances of tyranny and oppression.
 * 1)  On fire, flaming.

Adverbs for Flagrant
arrantly; notoriously; patently; strikingly; incredibly; unconcealably; scandalously; publicly; grossly; atrociously; indecorously; indiscreetly; iniquitously; nefariously; reprehensibly; shamelessly; unconscionably; exceptionally; emphatically; indefensibly; wickedly.

Synonyms for Flagrant

 * blatant, glaring
 * burning, flaming
 * atrocious, wicked, outrageous, infamous, gross,monstrous, rank.

Antonyms for Flagrant
mild, restrained, moral.

Related terms

 * in flagrante delicto

Thesaurus
abject, ablaze, abominable, absolute, afire, aflame, aflicker, aglow, alight, ardent, arrant, atrocious, audacious, awful, bad, barefaced, base, beastly, beggarly, beneath contempt, black, blamable, blameworthy, blatant, blazing, bold, brazen, brazenfaced, brutal, burning, candent, candescent, capital, cheesy, classical, colorful, comburent, complete, conflagrant, conspicuous, consummate, contemptible, contemptuous, crass, criminal, crude, cruel, crummy, damnable, dark, debased, decided, defiant, definitive, degraded, deplorable, depraved, despicable, detestable, dire, dirty, disgraceful, disgusting, downright, dreadful, egregious, enormous, evil, execrable, exhibitionistic, extravagant, fetid, filthy, flagitious, flaming, flaring, flaunting, flickering, forward, foul, fulsome, fuming, garish, gaudy, glaring, glowing, gorgeous, grave, grievous, gross, guttering, hanging out, hateful, heinous, horrible, horrid, ignescent, ignited, immodest, improper, in a blaze, in a glow, in flames, in relief, in the foreground, incandescent, inconsiderate, infamous, inflamed, iniquitous, intolerable, kindled, knavish, lamentable, little, live, living, loathsome, loud, lousy, low, low-down, lumpen, lurid, mangy, mean, measly, meretricious, miserable, monstrous, nasty, naughty, nefarious, noisome, notable, noticeable, notorious, obnoxious, obtrusive, obvious, odious, offensive, on fire, open, ostensible, out-and-out, outrageous, outright, outstanding, paltry, peccant, perfect, petty, pitiable, pitiful, poky, poor, positive, precious, profound, prominent, pronounced, proper, rank, reeking, regrettable, regular, reprehensible, reprobate, reptilian, repulsive, rotten, sad, salient, scabby, scandalous, schlock, scintillant, scintillating, scornful, screaming, scrubby, scruffy, scummy, scurvy, sensational, shabby, shameful, shameless, shattering, shocking, shoddy, sinful, small, smoking, smoldering, sordid, sparking, spectacular, squalid, staring, stark, stark-staring, sticking out, striking, superlative, surpassing, tawdry, terrible, the veriest, thorough, thoroughgoing, too bad, total, treacherous, unabashed, unashamed, unbearable, unblushing, unclean, unconscionable, undeniable, unembarrassed, unequivocal, unextinguished, unforgivable, unmentionable, unmitigated, unmodest, unpardonable, unqualified, unquenched, unrelieved, unspeakable, unspoiled, unworthy, utter, vicious, vile, villainous, vulgar, wicked, woeful, worst, worthless, wretched, wrong

Etymology 1
From flagrantem:, present participle of flagro:. More at.

Etymology 2
From fragrans:, participle of fragro:

Adjective

 * Finnish:, ,
 * French:
 * Polish: rażący


 * Russian: вопиющий, чудовищный
 * Spanish: flagrante
 * Swedish:

Etymology
From flagrantem (present participle of flagrare.)

Adjective

 * 1) flagrant
 * Cette fois-ci, je vous y prends en plein flagrant délit.

Derived terms

 * flagramment