flout
verb
[ flaʊt ]
• openly disregard (a rule, law, or convention).
• "the advertising code is being flouted"
Similar:
defy,
refuse to obey,
go against,
rebel against,
scorn,
disdain,
show contempt for,
fly in the face of,
thumb one's nose at,
make a fool of,
poke fun at,
disobey,
break,
violate,
fail to comply with,
fail to observe,
contravene,
infringe,
breach,
commit a breach of,
transgress against,
ignore,
disregard,
set one's face against,
kick against,
cock a snook at,
infract,
set at naught,
• mock; scoff.
• "the women pointed and flouted at her"
Origin:
mid 16th century: perhaps from Dutch fluiten ‘whistle, play the flute, hiss (in derision)’; German dialect pfeifen auf, literally ‘pipe at’, has a similar extended meaning.
