: being notoriously without moderation : extreme
we are arrant knaves, all; believe none of us—
William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare
arrantly
adverb
Synonyms
- absolute
- all-out
- blank
- blooming [chiefly British]
- bodacious [Southern & Midland]
- categorical
- categoric
- clean
- complete
- consummate
- crashing
- damn
- damned
- dead
- deadly
- definite
- downright
- dreadful
- fair
- flat
- flat-out
- out-and-out
- outright
- perfect
- plumb
- profound
- pure
- rank
- regular
- sheer
- simple
- stark
- stone
- straight-out
- thorough
- thoroughgoing
- total
- unadulterated
- unalloyed
- unconditional
- unmitigated
- unqualified
- utter
- very
Examples of arrant in a Sentence
that statement is complete and arrant nonsense
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Some are just arrant fantasy.
—Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 9 Mar. 2021
Well, both of those statements are arrant nonsense.
—CBS News, 19 Jan. 2020
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Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 9 Mar. 2021
Well, both of those statements are arrant nonsense.
—CBS News, 19 Jan. 2020
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“Arrant.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/arrant. Accessed 1 Dec. 2024.
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