blatant

/ˈbleɪtənt/

adj 2

Collocations

ADJ.

callous, due, foreign, high, limitless, public

VERB + BLATANT

dealing, didn't, expect, offended, said

BLATANT + NOUN

ableism, disapproval, error, greed, hatred, hotels, misuse, racism

PREP.

in, with

Definitions

adj

Obvious, on show; unashamed; loudly obtrusive or offensive.

Glory, that blatant word, which haunts some military minds like the bray of the trumpet.

London died away in draggled taverns and dreary scrubs, and then was unaccountably born again in blazing high streets and blatant hotels.

Bellowing; disagreeably clamorous; sounding loudly and harshly.

A monster, which the Blatant beast men call.

harsh and blatant tones

Thesaurus

Synonyms

adjective — conspicuously and offensively loud

adjective — without any attempt at concealment

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

Glory, that blatant word, which haunts some military minds like the bray of the trumpet.

Wiktionary

London died away in draggled taverns and dreary scrubs, and then was unaccountably born again in blazing high streets and blatant hotels.

Wiktionary

He tried to think out what those two men had which so strangely attracted her. They both had a vulgar facetiousness which tickled her simple sense of humour, and a certain coarseness of nature; but wh

Wiktionary

A favorite tool in dealing with blatant racism is blatant ableism.

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That's a blatant lie.

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I am offended by your blatant disregard for my feelings.

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Usage Notes

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In some senses, blatant is marked as archaic. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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