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" [syn: crying(a), egregious, glaring, gross, rank]

English

Pronunciation

• /ˈfleɪ.grənt/, /"fleI.gr@nt/

Etymology 1

From flagrantem, present participle of flagro

Adjective

1. Obvious and offensive, blatant, scandalous
   • 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.

2. On fire, flaming.

Synonyms

• sense obvious and offensive blatant, glaring
• sense on fire burning, flaming

Related terms

• in flagrante delicto

Translations

Etymology 2

From fragrans, participle of fragro

Adjective

1. fragrant

French

Etymology

From flagrantem (present participle of flagrare.)

Adjective

flagrant

1. flagrant

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

Obvious may refer to:

Music

• The Obvious CD Single, the fourth single of the synth-rock band Orgy, released in 2003
• Obvious, a studio album by the Contemporary Christian group 4Him

Songs named "Obvious"

• Obvious, a single by LeToya Jackson
• Obvious, a song on Blink-182's self-titled album
• Obvious, a song on The Operation M.D.'s album, We Have An Emergency

Other

• In patent law, an "obvious" method or process lacks an inventive step

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