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adjective
1.
brazenly obvious; flagrant: a blatant error in simple addition; a blatant lie.
2.
offensively noisy or loud; clamorous: blatant radios.
3.
tastelessly conspicuous: the blatant colors of the dress.
Origin:
coined by Spenser in 1596; compare Latin blatīre to babble, prate, blaterāre to talk foolishly, babble
coined by Spenser in 1596; compare Latin blatīre to babble, prate, blaterāre to talk foolishly, babble
Related forms
bla·tan·cy, noun
bla·tant·ly, adverb
Synonyms
1. unmistakable, overt, undeniable, obtrusive.
1. unmistakable, overt, undeniable, obtrusive.
Antonyms
1. subtle, hidden, inconspicuous.
1. subtle, hidden, inconspicuous.
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Blatant
is always a great word to know.
So is callithumpian. Does it mean:
| a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes. |
| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
Example Sentences
- Readers with the right stuff will feel burned by this blatant exercise in self-promotion.
- Web sites clamoring for traffic are resorting to blatant bribery.
- The alleged cartel's behaviour seemed quite blatant.
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Word Origin & History
blatant
1596, in blatant beast, coined by Edmund Spenser in "The Faerie Queen" to describe a thousand-tongued monster representing slander; probably suggested by L. blatire "to babble." It entered general use 1650s, as "noisy in an offensive and vulgar way;" the sense of "obvious, glaringly conspicuous" is from
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