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 blatantly

willingly, plainly, publicly, candidly, fully, honestly, simply, readily, blatantly, unabashedly, brazenly, unashamedly, flagrantly, powerfully, aloud, emphatically, noisily, vehemently, vociferously, obstreperously

Examples from the Web for blatantly

Contemporary Examples of blatantly

The conservatives saw all of this as blatantly political activism.
A Reminder: Our Justices are Politicians in Robes
Jedediah Purdy
November 13, 2014
Some were blatantly inferior, he said, at times with metal shavings and burrs in the threads.
Patients Screwed in Spine Surgery ‘Scam’
The Center for Investigative Reporting
November 3, 2014
That Made in Chelsea has a story editor listed on its end credits is no surprise; it is blatantly set up.
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Tim Teeman
August 19, 2014
In my descriptions of the encounter, I kept the focus on how I spluttered in the face of a blatantly sexist remark.
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Emily Gray Tedrowe
July 12, 2014
The pantheon of Sediuk pranks ranges from sneakily clever to blatantly rude.
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Amy Zimmerman
May 29, 2014

Historical Examples of blatantly

Worth even more therefore than what Bender so blatantly offers.
The Outcry
Henry James
Then we can go from one to another and not advertise our presence so blatantly.
The Ranger Boys and the Border Smugglers
Claude A. Labelle
You said that if they could ever see you again it would make it too blatantly a fake.
Adrienne Toner
Anne Douglas Sedgwick
Weiller and Norah were blatantly vulgar and intent on impressing their host.
Anthony Trent, Master Criminal
Wyndham Martyn
At least she would not advertise the obvious horror of her own name so blatantly.
The Vanity Girl
Compton Mackenzie

British Dictionary definitions for blatantly

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 blatantly

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.