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Definition of arrant : 1. Notoriously or preeminently bad; thorough or downright, in a bad sense; shameless; unmitigated; as, an arrant rogue or coward.
2. Thorough or downright, in a good sense.

Synonyms:

dead, outright, double-dyed, unrelieved, egregious, unreserved, staring, glaring, absolute, capital, all-out, flat, complete, thorough, pure, crashing, damned, stark, plain, perfect, limited, everlasting, sodding, consummate, utter, downright, gross, sheer, total, good, out-and-out, unqualified, blooming, unmitigated, unbounded, flat-out, thoroughgoing, unlimited, flagrant, positive, unequivocal, rank, big

inadvisable, wrong, unfavorable, invalid, unsound, displeasing, bad, irremediable, faulty, baneful, poor, defective, ill-suited, black, unsatisfactory, vile, wretched, detrimental, unpleasant, inferior, inadequate

Usage examples:

• " What arrant stupidity," he growled, and she never knew that the remark bore no relation whatsoever to Peter. - "Green Fancy", George Barr McCutcheon.
• I stared at him in amazement; for his assertion sounded like nothing more or less than arrant nonsense. - "The Mystery of 31 New Inn", R. Austin Freeman.
• Is it not arrant folly to pretend That gods would have a thought for this dead man? - "The Oedipus Trilogy", Sophocles.