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arrant - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'arrant' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Arrant [ a.]
- Notoriously or preeminently bad; thorough or downright, in a bad sense; shameless; unmitigated; as, an arrant rogue or coward.
- Thorough or downright, in a good sense.

Meaning of 'arrant' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . arrant [ s]
Meaning (1):
- without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers
Example in sentence:
  • a complete coward;
  • a consummate fool;
  • a double-dyed villain;
  • a perfect idiot;
  • a thorough nuisance;
  • a thoroughgoing villain;
  • an arrant fool;
  • gross negligence;
  • pure folly;
  • stark staring mad;
  • the unadulterated truth;
  • utter nonsense;
  • what a sodding mess