shockingly noticeable or evident; obvious; glaring

a flagrant error.

notorious; scandalous

a flagrant crime; a flagrant offender.

Archaic . blazing, burning, or glowing.

adjective

concealed , disguised , hidden , mild , moral , restrained , secret

adjective

arrant , atrocious , awful , bare-faced , bold , brazen , capital , conspicuous , crying , disgraceful , dreadful , egregious , enormous , flagitous , flaming , flashy * , glaring , grody , gross * , hanging out , heinous , immodest , infamous , noticeable , notorious , obvious , open , ostentatious , out-and-out * , outrageous , rank , scandalous , shameful , shameless , shocking , stick out like sore thumb , striking , undisguised , wickednotes:flagrant implies shocking and reprehensible , while blatant is obvious , contrived , and usually obnoxious; flagrant is a stronger term than blatant , gross , ardent , bad , blatant , evil , execrable , flagitious , glowing , hateful , malicious , nefarious , odious , offensive , raging , rampant , reprehensible , vicious , violent , wanton , wicked