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blatant

[ bleyt-nt ]
/ ˈbleɪt 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.

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RELATED WORDS

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

Nearby words

  1. blastostyle,
  2. blastula,
  3. blastulation,
  4. blasé,
  5. blat,
  6. blatantly,
  7. blate,
  8. blately,
  9. blather,
  10. blatherskite

Origin of blatant

coined by Spenser in 1596; compare Latin blatīre to babble, prate, blaterāre to talk foolishly, babble
ANTONYMS FOR blatant
1. subtle, hidden, inconspicuous.
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Related formsbla·tan·cy, nounbla·tant·ly, adverb
Can be confusedblatant flagrant (see synonym study at flagrant)
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British Dictionary definitions for blatant

blatant

/ (ˈbleɪtənt) /

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
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Word Origin and History for blatant

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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