blatant
[bleyt-nt]
- 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.
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Origin of blatant
coined by Spenser in 1596; compare Latin blatīre to babble, prate, blaterāre to talk foolishly, babble
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outright, overt, flagrant, conspicuous, unabashed, glaring, shameless, vulgar, strident, arrant, bald, barefaced, brassy, clear, crying, flashy, garish, gaudy, impudent, loudExamples from the Web for blatant
Contemporary Examples
A blatant case of interrogators asking leading questions is that of David Vasquez.
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.
True, it is grounded in the realities of a fight against a sort of blatant segregation that no longer exists.
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 ExhaustionKevin Fallon
September 19, 2014
Historical Examples
Banstead's blatant folly had been enough to set any man in a rage.
VivietteWilliam J. Locke
How about the blatant person who had declared HE could have gotten the appropriation?
Cy Whittaker's PlaceJoseph C. Lincoln
Its voice was not the trumpeting of the disreputable goddess we all know—not blatant—not brazen.
Lord JimJoseph Conrad
It can hurt no one but himself if he is blatant, ignorant, contemptuous.
The Soul of a PeopleH. Fielding
Women are all alike––all human––all susceptible to sheer, blatant flattery.
RopeHolworthy Hall
blatant
- glaringly conspicuous or obviousa blatant lie
- offensively noticeableblatant disregard for a person's feelings
- offensively noisy
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Word Origin
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.
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