disapproval You can use flagrant to describe an action, situation, or someone's behaviour that you find extremely bad or shocking in a very obvious way. The judge called the decision `a flagrant violation of international law' = blatant + flagrantly fla·grant·ly It is a situation where basic human rights are being flagrantly abused. = blatantly. a flagrant action is shocking because it is done in a way that is easily noticed and shows no respect for laws, truth etc flagrant abuse/violation/breach etc (flagrare )
conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible; "a crying shame"; "an egregious lie"; "flagrant violation of human rights"; "a glaring error"; "gross ineptitude"; "gross injustice"; "rank treachery"