flout
Brazenly break rules
To flout is to openly disregard or treat with contempt—usually a rule, convention, or authority: She flouted the dress code by wearing jeans to the gala, He flouts traffic laws routinely.
Flouting implies defiance that's visible or even deliberate, not mere ignorance.
Often confused with flaunt, which means to display ostentatiously.
Resist or challenge openly
- disobeyRefuse to comply
- disregardWillful lack of attention
- rebelAuthority defier
- resistOppose or refuse compliance
challenge · oppose · brazenly · boldly · audaciously · insolently · provocatively · confrontationally
Breaking of agreement
- contraveneAct against a rule
- infringeViolate another's rights
- transgressViolate a boundary
- violateBreak a rule deliberately
break · ignore · circumvent · sidestep · bypass · evade · overstep · trespass
defy
Resist or challenge openly
resist · challenge · oppose · brazenly · boldly · audaciously · insolently · provocatively · confrontationally · recalcitrantly
breach
Breaking of agreement
- contraveneAct against a rule
- infringeViolate another's rights
- transgressViolate a boundary
violate · break · ignore · circumvent · sidestep · bypass · evade · overstep · trespass · noncompliance
scorn
Hostile dismissive feeling
dismiss · disparage · mock · ridicule · scoff · snub · slight · derision · contumely · disfavor
taunt
Insulting provocation
scoff · gibe · sneer · lampoon · satirize · parody · caricature · belittle · denigrate · sarcasm
- defiancedefiance, disobedience, insubordination, noncompliance, rebellion
- opposeoppose, resist, defy, reject, refuse