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    arrant
    /ˈarənt/

    adjective

    • 1. complete, utter: dated "what arrant nonsense!"

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  2. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishARRANT | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

    adjective. old-fashioned uk / ˈær. ə nt / us / ˈer. ə nt / arrant nonsense. Add to word list. used to say how bad something is: He dismissed the rumours as `arrant nonsense '. Synonyms. complete. pure. unadulterated. utter. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Linguistics: very & extreme. abjectly. absolutely fabulous. abundantly clear.

  3. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › arrantArrant Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

    : being notoriously without moderation : extreme. we are arrant knaves, all; believe none of us William Shakespeare. arrantly adverb. Synonyms. absolute. all-out. blank. blooming [chiefly British] bodacious [Southern & Midland] categorical. clean. complete. consummate. crashing. damned. deadly. definite. downright. dreadful. fair. flat-out.

  4. www.vocabulary.com › dictionary › arrantArrant - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms - Vocabulary.com

    without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers. “an arrant fool”. synonyms: complete, consummate, double-dyed, everlasting, gross, perfect, pure, sodding, staring, stark, thoroughgoing, unadulterated, utter. unmitigated.

  5. www.dictionary.com › browse › arrantARRANT Definition & Meaning - Dictionary.com

    Arrant definition: downright; thorough; unmitigated; notorious. See examples of ARRANT used in a sentence.

  6. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishARRANT definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

    arrant. (ærənt ) adjective [ADJECTIVE noun] Arrant is used to emphasize that something or someone is very bad in some way. [emphasis] That's arrant nonsense. ...an arrant coward. Synonyms: total, complete, extreme, absolute More Synonyms of arrant. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary.

  7. www.thefreedictionary.com › arrantArrant - definition of arrant by The Free Dictionary

    Define arrant. arrant synonyms, arrant pronunciation, arrant translation, English dictionary definition of arrant. downright, thorough, unmitigated, notorious, utter, confirmed, flagrant: an arrant playboy Not to be confused with: errant – deviating from the proper...

  8. www.yourdictionary.com › arrantArrant Definition & Meaning - YourDictionary

    Originally meaning wandering (errant), the term came to be an intensifier due to its use as an epithet, e.g. in the phrases "arrant thieves" and "arrant knaves" (i.e., wandering bandits). From Wiktionary