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arrantenUK
arrantdownright, thorough, unmitigated, notorious, utter, confirmed, flagrant: an arrant playboy
Not to be confused with:errant – deviating from the proper course; straying; moving aimlessly: an errant breezear·rant A0435800 (ăr′ənt)adj. Completely such; thoroughgoing: an arrant fool; the hotel's arrant luxury.
[Variant of errant.]
ar′rant·ly adv.arrant (ˈærənt) adjutter; out-and-out: an arrant fool. [C14: a variant of errant (wandering, vagabond); sense developed from its frequent use in phrases like arrant thief (hence: notorious)] ˈarrantly advar•rant (ˈær ənt)
adj. downright; thorough: an arrant fool. [1350–1400; Middle English, variant of errant] ar′rant•ly, adv. arrant - Means "complete, utter," as in arrant knave, "an extremely untrustworthy individual."See also related terms for utter.Thesaurus| Adj. | 1. | arrant - without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers; "an arrant fool"; "a complete coward"; "a consummate fool"; "a double-dyed villain"; "gross negligence"; "a perfect idiot"; "pure folly"; "what a sodding mess"; "stark staring mad"; "a thoroughgoing villain"; "utter nonsense"; "the unadulterated truth"double-dyed, sodding, utter, thoroughgoing, unadulterated, staring, perfect, pure, everlasting, consummate, complete, stark, grossunmitigated - not diminished or moderated in intensity or severity; sometimes used as an intensifier; "unmitigated suffering"; "an unmitigated horror"; "an unmitigated lie" |
arrantadjective total, complete, extreme, absolute, gross, notorious, utter, outright, thorough, infamous, rank, blatant, monstrous, vile, downright, atrocious, out-and-out, flagrant, egregious, unmitigated, undisguised, thoroughgoing, deep-dyed (usually derogatory) That's the most arrant nonsense I've ever heard.arrantadjective1. Completely such, without qualification or exception:absolute, all-out, complete, consummate, crashing, damned, dead, downright, flat, out-and-out, outright, perfect, plain, pure, sheer, thorough, thoroughgoing, total, unbounded, unequivocal, unlimited, unmitigated, unqualified, unrelieved, unreserved, utter.Informal: flat-out, positive.Chiefly British: blooming.2. Conspicuously bad or offensive:capital, egregious, flagrant, glaring, gross, rank.TranslationsarrantenUK
Related to arrant: arrantly, countermandSynonyms for arrantadj totalSynonyms- total
- complete
- extreme
- absolute
- gross
- notorious
- utter
- outright
- thorough
- infamous
- rank
- blatant
- monstrous
- vile
- downright
- atrocious
- out-and-out
- flagrant
- egregious
- unmitigated
- undisguised
- thoroughgoing
- deep-dyed
Synonyms for arrantadj completely such, without qualification or exceptionSynonyms- absolute
- all-out
- complete
- consummate
- crashing
- damned
- dead
- downright
- flat
- out-and-out
- outright
- perfect
- plain
- pure
- sheer
- thorough
- thoroughgoing
- total
- unbounded
- unequivocal
- unlimited
- unmitigated
- unqualified
- unrelieved
- unreserved
- utter
- flat-out
- positive
- blooming
adj conspicuously bad or offensiveSynonyms- capital
- egregious
- flagrant
- glaring
- gross
- rank
Synonyms for arrantadj without qualificationSynonyms- double-dyed
- sodding
- utter
- thoroughgoing
- unadulterated
- staring
- perfect
- pure
- everlasting
- consummate
- complete
- stark
- gross
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