arrant

• Adjectif archaïque ou littéraire servant à qualifier quelque chose comme complet, absolu ou extrême dans un sens négatif (par exemple, arrant nonsense — parfait non-sens).

An old-fashioned, emphatic adjective used to describe something as complete, utter, or extreme in a negative sense (e.g., arrant nonsense).

1. Complete or utterC2formalbritish

   Used to emphasize that something is extreme or absolute, often in a negative sense.

   fieffé, absolu, complet

   • He is an arrant fool for believing such lies.
   • That statement is arrant nonsense.
   • She accused him of arrant hypocrisy.

   Synonymesabsoluteblatantcompleteflagrantgrossoutrightranksheerthoroughtotalunmitigatedutter

   Antonymesmoderatepartialslight