blatant

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Related to blatant: blatantly, swarthiness

blatant

offensively noisy or loud; brazenly obvious: a blatant show of wealth

Not to be confused with:

flagrant – disgraceful; monstrous; obviously evil; shockingly evident: a flagrant miscarriage of justice

bla·tant

(blāt′nt)

adj.

1. Usage Problem Totally or offensively conspicuous or obtrusive: a blatant lie.

2. Unpleasantly loud and noisy: "There are those who find the trombones blatant and the triangle silly, but both add effective color" (Musical Heritage Review). See Synonyms at vociferous.

[From Latin blatīre, to blab (on the model of words such as rampant).]

bla′tan·cy n.

bla′tant·ly adv.

Usage Note: Blatant and flagrant both attribute conspicuousness and offensiveness to certain acts, but the words differ in emphasis. Blatant means "offensively conspicuous," and thus emphasizes the actor's failure to conceal the act. Flagrant, on the other hand, means "conspicuously offensive," and emphasizes the serious wrongdoing inherent in the offense. Thus many actions, from an infraction of the rules in a football game to a violation of human rights, may be blatant or flagrant, depending on what is being emphasized. If the act is committed with contempt for public scrutiny, it is blatant. If the act seems extreme in its violation of norms, it is flagrant. · Blatant and (to a much lesser extent) flagrant are sometimes used as synonyms of obvious, in contexts where there is no immediate connection to human behavior, as in What surprised us was that they went ahead with the idea in spite of the blatant danger of the approach. This usage has traditionally been considered an error, and it is not surprising, therefore, that most of the Usage Panel dislikes it. In our 2004 survey, only 42 percent accepted the sentence just listed.

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blatant

(ˈbleɪtənt)

adj

1. glaringly conspicuous or obvious: a blatant lie.

2. offensively noticeable: blatant disregard for a person's feelings.

3. offensively noisy

[C16: coined by Edmund Spenser; probably influenced by Latin blatīre to babble; compare Middle Low German pladderen]

ˈblatancy n

ˈblatantly adv

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bla•tant

(ˈbleɪt nt)

adj.

1. brazenly obvious: a blatant error.

2. offensively loud.

3. tastelessly conspicuous.

[coined by Spenser in 1596; compare Latin blatīre to babble, prate]

bla′tan•cy, n.

bla′tant•ly, adv.

flagrant, blatant - Flagrant implies shocking and reprehensible, while blatant is obvious, contrived, and usually obnoxious; flagrant is a stronger term than blatant.

blatant

adjective obvious, open, clear, plain, naked, sheer, patent, evident, pronounced, straightforward, outright, glaring, manifest, bald, transparent, noticeable, conspicuous, overt, unmistakable, flaunting, palpable, undeniable, brazen, flagrant, indisputable, ostentatious, unmitigated, cut-and-dried (informal), undisguised, obtrusive, unsubtle, unconcealed blatant elitism
cultured, hidden, soft, quiet, subtle, refined, dignified, agreeable, tasteful, unobtrusive, inconspicuous, unnoticeable, well-mannered

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blatant

adjective

1. Offensively loud and insistent:

boisterous, clamorous, obstreperous, strident, vociferous.

Informal: loudmouthed.

2. Characterized by or done without shame:

bald-faced, barefaced, brazen, brazenfaced, shameless, unabashed, unblushing.

Informal: brassy.

Translations

صَارِخفاضِحٌ، صارِخٌ

bezostyšnýnestoudnýočividný

åbenlysutilsløret

eklatant offensichtlich schreiend unverschämt

κραυγαλέος

descarado

räikeähäpeämätönjulkea

flagrant

očit

augljós; óskammfeilinn

macroscopico sfacciato vistoso

露骨な

뻔한

akivaizdžiaibegėdiškaiįžūliai

acīmredzamskliedzošsuzkrītošs

overduidelijk

grov påtrengende skrikende

bezczelny

descarado

вопиющий вульгарный крикливый очевидный явный

uppenbar

ชัดแจ้ง

apaçıkaşikâr

rõ ràng

公然的明目张胆的显眼的

blatant

[ˈbleɪtənt] ADJ [injustice, lie] → flagrante; [bully, coward, thief, liar] → descarado
he's not only racist, but he's blatant about it → no sólo es un racista sino que además no lo disimula
he was quite blatant about cheating in the exam → copió en el examen con todo descaro or sin ningún disimulo

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blatant

[ˈbleɪt^ənt] adj [discrimination, attempt, lie] → flagrant(e)

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blatant

adj (= very obvious) → offensichtlich; injustice, lie, lack also → eklatant; error → krass, eklatant; liar, social climber → unverfroren; colour → schreiend; disregard → offen, unverhohlen; there’s no need (for you) to be quite so blatant about it (in talking) → Sie brauchen das nicht so herumzuposaunen (inf); (in doing sth) → Sie brauchen das nicht so deutlich zu tun

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blatant

[ˈbleɪt/ənt] adj → sfacciato/a

blatant

(ˈbleitənt) adjective

very obvious; shameless. a blatant lie; blatant disrespect.

ˈblatantly adverb

blatant

→ صَارِخ očividný åbenlys offensichtlich κραυγαλέος descarado räikeä flagrant očit sfacciato 露骨な 뻔한 overduidelijk grov bezczelny descarado вопиющий uppenbar ชัดแจ้ง apaçık rõ ràng 公然的

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O, I know he's a good fellow--you needn't frown--an excellent fellow, and I always mean to see more of him; but a hide-bound pedant for all that; an ignorant, blatant pedant.

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One of those very blatant idiots whose blundering is costing the country millions of money and thousands of brave men, has still enough authority to treat our reports as o much waste paper."

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And you find some woman, coarse and low and vulgar, some beastly creature in whom all the horror of sex is blatant, and you fall upon her like a wild animal.

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They both had a vulgar facetiousness which tickled her simple sense of humour, and a certain coarseness of nature; but what took her perhaps was the blatant sexuality which was their most marked characteristic.

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Within the limits of his short tether he had tumbled about, annihilating the flowers of existence with greater singleness of purpose than many of the blatant personages whose company he kept.

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The blatant soldier often convulsed whole files by his biting sarcasms aimed at the tall one.

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With all that dressing-up, and stagy-entrances and exits, and being always en evidence, no wonder if they're eaten up with vanity, the blatant little coxcombs!"

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It was different from the dance- hall piano-banging and blatant brass bands he had heard.

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My blatant trespassing has saved you from that, at least.

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There is a blatant bumptiousness about a steam launch that has the knack of rousing every evil instinct in my nature, and I yearn for the good old days, when you could go about and tell people what you thought of them with a hatchet and a bow and arrows.

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It came upon him nearer now, quite as one of those expanding fantastic images projected by the magic lantern of childhood; for the stranger, whoever he might be, evil, odious, blatant, vulgar, had advanced as for aggression, and he knew himself give ground.

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Well, in a way that is in the public interest; you will admit that yourself, and after all one cannot overlook a blatant fact.

Adj.	1.	blatant - without any attempt at concealment; completely obvious; "blatant disregard of the law"; "a blatant appeal to vanity"; "a blazing indiscretion" blazing, conspicuous unconcealed - not concealed or hidden; "her unconcealed hostility poisoned the atmosphere"; "watched with unconcealed curiosity"
	2.	blatant - conspicuously and offensively loud; given to vehement outcry; "blatant radios"; "a clamorous uproar"; "strident demands"; "a vociferous mob" clamant, clamorous, strident, vociferous noisy - full of or characterized by loud and nonmusical sounds; "a noisy cafeteria"; "a small noisy dog"