Flagrant vs Furtive - What's the difference?
flagrant | furtive |
Obvious and offensive, blatant, scandalous
* 1740, David Hume, A Treatise of Human Nature
(archaic) On fire, flaming.
stealthy
Exhibiting guilty or evasive secrecy.
* 1949 , George Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four , p31
As adjectives the difference between flagrant and furtive
is that flagrant is obvious and offensive, blatant, scandalous or flagrant can be (obsolete) while furtive is stealthy.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)furtive
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- But that was merely a piece of furtive knowledge which he happened to possess because his memory was not satisfactorily under control.