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
Synonyms
See more synonyms for blatant on Thesaurus.com1. unmistakable, overt, undeniable, obtrusive.
Antonyms
1. subtle, hidden, inconspicuous.
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Examples from the Web for blatantly
Contemporary Examples
The conservatives saw all of this as blatantly political activism.
Some were blatantly inferior, he said, at times with metal shavings and burrs in the threads.
That Made in Chelsea has a story editor listed on its end credits is no surprise; it is blatantly set up.
In my descriptions of the encounter, I kept the focus on how I spluttered in the face of a blatantly sexist remark.
The pantheon of Sediuk pranks ranges from sneakily clever to blatantly rude.
An Analysis of Vitalii Sediuk’s Pranks (He’s the Guy Who Touched Brad Pitt)Amy Zimmerman
May 29, 2014
Historical Examples
Worth even more therefore than what Bender so blatantly offers.
The OutcryHenry James
Then we can go from one to another and not advertise our presence so blatantly.
The Ranger Boys and the Border SmugglersClaude A. Labelle
You said that if they could ever see you again it would make it too blatantly a fake.
Adrienne TonerAnne Douglas Sedgwick
Weiller and Norah were blatantly vulgar and intent on impressing their host.
Anthony Trent, Master CriminalWyndham Martyn
At least she would not advertise the obvious horror of her own name so blatantly.
The Vanity GirlCompton Mackenzie
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 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.
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