(of an action 行动 that shocks you because it is done in a very obvious way and shows no respect for people, laws, etc. 骇人听闻的；公然的；罪恶昭彰的 a flagrant abuse of human rights 粗暴的践踏人权 a flagrant breach of copyright 公然侵犯版权 He showed a flagrant disregard for anyone else's feelings. 他公然蔑视其他任何人的感情。 🔊🔊
Oxford Collocations DictionaryFlagrant is used with these nouns:- abuse
- breach
- disregard
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Word Originlate 15th cent. (in the sense ‘blazing’): from French, or from Latin flagrant- ‘blazing’, from the verb flagrare.