Complete Definition of "blatant"

English

Etymology
See �bleat�

Pronunciation
enPR|bl�'t�nt, IPA|/�bleɪt�nt/, SAMPA|/"bleIt@nt/

Adjective
en-adj

  1. Bellowing, as a calf; bawling; brawling; clamoring; disagreeably clamorous; sounding loudly and harshly.
  2. Obvious, on show

#:Harsh and blatant tone. - Richard Henry Dana.
#:A monster, which the blatant beast men call. - Edmund Spenser.
#:Glory, that blatant word, which haunts some military minds like the bray of the trumpet. - Washington Irving.

Antonyms
sense|obvious furtive

Translations
rfc-trans
Finnish: häpeämätön, räikeä, julkea
French: flagrant (2), clair (2)
Hebrew: ���� (bot'e) m, ���� (bot'a) f (1)
Italian: ovvio
Russian: к�иклив�й (kriklivi'y)
Slovak: o�ividný, zrejmý

See also

  1. ostentatious

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