blatant

[ bleyt-nt ]
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adjective
  1. brazenly obvious; flagrant: a blatant error in simple addition; a blatant lie.

  2. offensively noisy or loud; clamorous: blatant radios.

  1. tastelessly conspicuous: the blatant colors of the dress.

Origin of blatant

1
Coined by Edmund Spenser in 1596; compare Latin blatīre “to babble, prate,” blaterāre “to talk foolishly, babble”

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Other words from blatant

  • bla·tan·cy, noun
  • bla·tant·ly, adverb

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British Dictionary definitions for blatant

blatant

/ (ˈbleɪtənt) /


adjective
  1. glaringly conspicuous or obvious: a blatant lie

  2. offensively noticeable: blatant disregard for a person's feelings

  1. offensively noisy

Origin of blatant

1
C16: coined by Edmund Spenser; probably influenced by Latin blatīre to babble; compare Middle Low German pladderen

Derived forms of blatant

  • blatancy, noun
  • blatantly, adverb

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