blatant
English
Etymology
(1596) coined by Edmund Spenser ("blatant beast"). Probably a variation of *blatand (Scots blaitand (“bleating”)), present participle of blate, a variation of bleat, equivalent to blate + -and. See bleat.
Pronunciation
- enPR: blā'tənt, IPA(key): /ˈbleɪtənt/
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Adjective
blatant (comparative more blatant, superlative most blatant)
- (archaic) Bellowing; disagreeably clamorous; sounding loudly and harshly.
- Obvious, on show; unashamed; loudly obtrusive or offensive.
- Richard Henry Dana
- Harsh and blatant tone.
- Edmund Spenser
- A monster, which the blatant beast men call.
- Washington Irving
- Glory, that blatant word, which haunts some military minds like the bray of the trumpet.
- 2013 June 7, Gary Younge, “Hypocrisy lies at heart of Manning prosecution”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 188, number 26, page 18:
- WikiLeaks did not cause these uprisings but it certainly informed them. The dispatches revealed details of corruption and kleptocracy that many Tunisians suspected, […]. They also exposed the blatant discrepancy between the west's professed values and actual foreign policies.
- Richard Henry Dana
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:obvious
- See also Thesaurus:gaudy
Antonyms
- (obvious): furtive
Translations
bellowing, as a calf; bawling; brawling; clamoring; disagreeably clamorous
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obvious, on show
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