Flagrant vs Shameless - What's the difference?
flagrant | shameless |
Obvious and offensive, blatant, scandalous
* 1740, David Hume, A Treatise of Human Nature
(archaic) On fire, flaming.
having no shame, no guilt nor remorse over something wrong; immodest; unable to feel disgrace
As adjectives the difference between flagrant and shameless
is that flagrant is obvious and offensive, blatant, scandalous or flagrant can be (obsolete) while shameless is having no shame, no guilt nor remorse over something wrong; immodest; unable to feel disgrace.flagrant
English
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.