Flout /(?)/
Flout
v. t.
imp. & p. p. Flouted; p. pr. & vb. n. Flouting
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To mock or insult; to treat with contempt.
Phillida flouts me.
Three gaudy standards flout the pale blue sky.
Flout
v. i.
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To practice mocking; to behave with contempt; to sneer; to fleer; -- often with at.
Fleer and gibe, and laugh and flout.
Flout
n.
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A mock; an insult.
Who put your beauty to this flout and scorn.