Flagrant vs Bald - What's the difference?
flagrant | bald | Related terms |
Obvious and offensive, blatant, scandalous
* 1740, David Hume, A Treatise of Human Nature
(archaic) On fire, flaming.
Having no hair, fur or feathers.
* 1922 , (Margery Williams), (The Velveteen Rabbit)
# Having no hair on the head.
Of tyres: whose surface is worn away.
Of a statement: empirically unsupported.
(Appalachian) A mountain summit or crest that lacks forest growth despite a warm climate conducive to such, as is found in many places in the Southern .
Flagrant is a related term of bald.
As adjectives the difference between flagrant and bald
is that flagrant is obvious and offensive, blatant, scandalous or flagrant can be (obsolete) while bald is having no hair, fur or feathers.As a noun bald is
(appalachian) a mountain summit or crest that lacks forest growth despite a warm climate conducive to such, as is found in many places in the southern.As a verb bald is
to become bald.flagrant
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Alternative forms
* flagraunt (qualifier)Etymology 1
From (etyl) flagrant, from (etyl) flagrantem, present participle of . More at (l).Adjective
(en adjective)- It is certain, therefore, that in all our notions of morals we never entertain such an absurdity as that of passive obedience, but make allowances for resistance in the more flagrant instances of tyranny and oppression.
Synonyms
* (obvious and offensive) blatant, glaring * (on fire) burning, flamingEtymology 2
From (etyl)bald
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Adjective
(wikipedia bald) (er)- The Skin Horse had lived longer in the nursery than any of the others. He was so old that his brown coat was bald in patches and showed the seams underneath, and most of the hairs in his tail had been pulled out to string bead necklaces.
- a bald man with a moustache