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flaunty
intransitive verb
1
: to display or obtrude oneself to public notice <a great flaunting crowd
— Charles Dickens>
2
: to wave or flutter showily <the flag flaunts in the breeze>
transitive verb
1
: to display ostentatiously or impudently : parade <flaunting his superiority>
2
: to treat contemptuously <flaunted the rules
— Louis Untermeyer>
synonyms see show
— flaunt noun
— flaunt·ing·ly
\ˈflȯn-tiŋ-lē, ˈflän-\
adverb
— flaunty
\-tē\
adjective usage Although transitive sense 2 of flaunt undoubtedly arose from confusion with flout, the contexts in which it appears cannot be called substandard <meting out punishment to the occasional mavericks who operate rigged games, tolerate rowdyism, or otherwise flaunt the law
— Oscar Lewis> <observed with horror the flaunting of their authority in the suburbs, where men…put up buildings that had no place at all in a Christian commonwealth
— Marchette Chute> <in our profession…very rarely do we publicly chastise a colleague who has flaunted our most basic principles
— R. T. Blackburn, AAUP Bulletin>. If you use it, however, you should be aware that many people will consider it a mistake. Use of flout in the sense of flaunt 1 is found occasionally <“The proper pronunciation,” the blonde said, flouting her refined upbringing, “is pree feeks”
— Mike Royko>.
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