flouts
Brazenly ignores rules
Flouts means openly disregards or shows contempt for rules, conventions, or authority: She flouts the dress code daily, The company routinely flouts environmental regulations.
To flout is to defy something brazenly, not secretly—there's an element of display in the disrespect.
Often confused with flaunt, which means to show off.
Scornful disregard
- scornHostile dismissive feeling
- derisionContemptuous mockery
- disrespectLack of regard
- insolenceBold, offensive disrespect
impudence · irreverence · audacity · brazenness · effrontery · cheekiness · gall · temerity
Resist or challenge openly
- disobeyRefuse to comply
- rebelAuthority defier
- resistOppose or refuse compliance
- challengeTest of ability
oppose · insubordination · noncompliance · recalcitrance · contrariness · obstinacy · dissent · protest
disdain
Scornful disregard
- scornHostile dismissive feeling
- derisionContemptuous mockery
- disrespectLack of regard
insolence · impudence · irreverence · audacity · brazenness · effrontery · cheekiness · gall · temerity · presumptuousness
defy
Resist or challenge openly
challenge · oppose · insubordination · noncompliance · recalcitrance · contrariness · obstinacy · dissent · protest · rebellion
mock
Scornful imitation or fake
sneer · taunt · jeer · scorn · lampoon · satirize · parody · belittle · disparage · gibe
ignore
Refuse to notice
dismiss · brush aside · turn a blind eye · shrug off · discount · slight · disregard · snub · spurn · blow off