blatant

[bleyt-nt]

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adjective

brazenly obvious; flagrant: a blatant error in simple addition; a blatant lie.
offensively noisy or loud; clamorous: blatant radios.
tastelessly conspicuous: the blatant colors of the dress.

Origin of blatant

coined by Spenser in 1596; compare Latin blatīre to babble, prate, blaterāre to talk foolishly, babble

Related formsbla·tan·cy, nounbla·tant·ly, adverb

Can be confusedblatant flagrant (see synonym study at flagrant)

Synonyms for blatant

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1. unmistakable, overt, undeniable, obtrusive.

Antonyms for blatant

1. subtle, hidden, inconspicuous.

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Related Words for blatant

outright, overt, flagrant, conspicuous, unabashed, glaring, shameless, vulgar, strident, arrant, bald, barefaced, brassy, clear, crying, flashy, garish, gaudy, impudent, loud

Examples from the Web for blatant

Contemporary Examples of blatant

A blatant case of interrogators asking leading questions is that of David Vasquez.
How the U.S. Justice System Screws Prisoners with Disabilities
Elizabeth Picciuto
December 16, 2014
Besides the blatant silliness of it all, it does raise some questions—and not about sex.
The UK’s War on Porn: ‘Proof That Men Making These Rules Do Not See Women as Equals’
Aurora Snow
December 6, 2014
According to Haselberger, the archdiocese ignored not only blatant secular crimes, but obvious canonical crimes as well.
How Sicko Priests Got Away With It
Barbie Latza Nadeau
November 16, 2014
True, it is grounded in the realities of a fight against a sort of blatant segregation that no longer exists.
Martin Luther King’s Nobel Speech Is an Often Ignored Masterpiece
Malcolm Jones
October 16, 2014
When Nicki Minaj released her “Anaconda” music video, the blatant booty was meant to spark a conversation.
Jennifer Lopez’s Objectifying ‘Booty’ Video Makes It Official: We’ve Reached Booty Exhaustion
Kevin Fallon
September 19, 2014

Historical Examples of blatant

Banstead's blatant folly had been enough to set any man in a rage.
Viviette
William J. Locke
How about the blatant person who had declared HE could have gotten the appropriation?
Cy Whittaker's Place
Joseph C. Lincoln
Its voice was not the trumpeting of the disreputable goddess we all know—not blatant—not brazen.
Lord Jim
Joseph Conrad
It can hurt no one but himself if he is blatant, ignorant, contemptuous.
The Soul of a People
H. Fielding
Women are all alike––all human––all susceptible to sheer, blatant flattery.
Rope
Holworthy Hall

British Dictionary definitions for blatant

blatant

adjective

glaringly conspicuous or obviousa blatant lie
offensively noticeableblatant disregard for a person's feelings
offensively noisy

Derived Formsblatancy, nounblatantly, adverb

Word Origin for blatant

C16: coined by Edmund Spenser; probably influenced by Latin blatīre to babble; compare Middle Low German pladderen

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Word Origin and History for blatant

adj.

1596, in blatant beast, coined by Edmund Spenser in "The Faerie Queen" to describe a thousand-tongued monster representing slander; probably suggested by Latin blatire "to babble." It entered general use 1650s, as "noisy in an offensive and vulgar way;" the sense of "obvious, glaringly conspicuous" is from 1889. Related: Blatantly.