blatant
Adjective Satellite
- without any attempt at concealment; completely obvious
- "blatant disregard of the law"
- "a blatant appeal to vanity"
- conspicuously and offensively loud; given to vehement outcry
- "blatant radios"
Adj
- Obvious, on show; unashamed; loudly obtrusive or offensive.
- Bellowing; disagreeably clamorous; sounding loudly and harshly.
Adjective
- Done openly and unashamedly; obvious.
Examples
- The BLATANT attempt to play ’ZIIP’ was quickly challenged in Words With Friends.
Origin / Etymology
Coined by Edmund Spenser in 1596 in "blatant beast". Probably a variation of *blatand (Scots blaitand (“bleating”)), present participle of blate, a variation of bleat, equivalent to blate + -and. See bleat. In addition, it is suggested by Latin blatiō (“speak like a fool, prate”), which is rare, and so the similitude may be just coincidental.
Compare typologically Bulgarian вопиющ (vopijušt), Russian вопию́щий (vopijúščij) (akin to вопи́ть (vopítʹ)).
Synonyms
blazing, clamant, clamorous, conspicuous, strident, vociferous, apparent, arrant, bait, bedizened, blatant, blingish, brash, catchpenny, chichi, chintzy, clear, clear as a bell, clear as day, clear cut, crass, crude, crystal clear, cut and dried, decided, elucidate, evident, eyely, flashy, flaunting, florid, flossy, froufrou, garish, gauche, gaudy, gay, glaring, gross, gussied up, hideous, intuitive, kitschy, loud, manifest, meretricious, notable, noticeable, obtrusive, obvious, open-and-shut, ostensible, ostentatious, palpable, patent, pizazzy, plain, plain as Dunstable highway, plain as Salisbury, plain as a haystack, plain as a pikestaff, plain as day, plain as porridge, plain as print, plain as the nose on one's face, pretentious, prima facie, raffish, res ipsa loquitur, ritzy, showy, snazzy, splendiferous, straightforward, tacky, tasteless, tawdry, tinselly, too much, unbecoming, undissembled, undoubted, untasteful, vain, whorish, zesty
Antonyms
Scrabble Score: 9
blatant: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordblatant: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
blatant: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary