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arrant::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | complete, consummate, double-dyed, everlasting, gross, perfect, pure, sodding, staring, stark, thorough, thoroughgoing, unadulterated, utter |
an arrant fool.
Examples of arrant
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Inevitably, such proposals collapse into arrant tree-huggery and eat-your-peasitude.
From the time.com
The statement that most of the audience were middle-aged is arrant nonsense.
From the guardian.co.uk
As a vignette of the Simba rebellion, which it purports to be, it is arrant nonsense.
From the time.com
An arrant throw to third that went into the dugout allowed Stepp to score.
From the tennessean.com
Many readers will instantly see that this is obviously arrant nonsense.
From the newscientist.com
A pseudo-Nobel in Economics is generally awarded for arrant nonsense.
From the economist.com
However, when it comes to his final paragraph your correspondent is spouting arrant nonsense.
From the thisisbristol.co.uk
Hennepin has been denounced by many historians and historical critics as an arrant falsifier.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Honestly, I've had a Festival that has been arrant in its mediocrity.
From the smh.com.au
- Arrant(a): 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"; " ...
- Arrancy is a commune in the department of Aisne in Picardy in northern France.
- Utter; complete; Alternative spelling of errant
- (arrantly) In an arrant manner; utterly, thoroughly, outright
- Originally a variant of errant, wandering, present participle of Latin errare, to stray. The original form is still used in knight errant. ...
- Being notoriously without moderation.
- On the other hand, means complete and utter. It usually modifies a noun with a negative connotation, e.g. liar, fool, etc.
- Notoriously or pre-eminently bad
- Adj. out and out; shameless
