Blatant
/ˈbleɪtənt/ adj
adj ·Moderate ·High school level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Obvious, on show; unashamed; loudly obtrusive or offensive.
"Glory, that blatant word, which haunts some military minds like the bray of the trumpet."
- 2 Bellowing; disagreeably clamorous; sounding loudly and harshly. archaic
"A monster, which the Blatant beast men call."
Adjective
- 1 conspicuously and offensively loud; given to vehement outcry wordnet
- 2 without any attempt at concealment; completely obvious wordnet
Example
More examples"A favorite tool in dealing with blatant racism is blatant ableism."
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 + -ant. 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)).