Flagrant vs Excessive - What's the difference?
flagrant | excessive | Related terms |
Obvious and offensive, blatant, scandalous
* 1740, David Hume, A Treatise of Human Nature
(archaic) On fire, flaming.
Exceeding the usual bounds of something; extravagant; immoderate.
Flagrant is a related term of excessive.
As adjectives the difference between flagrant and excessive
is that flagrant is obvious and offensive, blatant, scandalous or flagrant can be (obsolete) while excessive is exceeding the usual bounds of something; extravagant; immoderate.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)excessive
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Adjective
(en adjective)- "I personally consider putting a wide vibrato on a single 16th triplet note at 160 beats per minute rather excessive , nay even stupid."