Meaning of BLATANT
| Pronunciation: | | 'bleytnt
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- [adj] conspicuously and offensively loud; given to vehement outcry; "blatant radios"; "a clamorous uproar"; "strident demands"; "a vociferous mob"
- [adj] without any attempt at concealment; completely obvious; "open disregard of the law"; "open family strife"; "open hostility"; "a blatant appeal to vanity"; "a blazing indiscretion"
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| | Synonyms: | | blazing, clamant, clamorous, conspicuous, noisy, open, strident, unconcealed, vociferous |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Bla"tant\, a. [Cf. {Bleat}.]
Bellowing, as a calf; bawling; brawling; clamoring;
disagreeably clamorous; sounding loudly and harshly. ``Harsh
and blatant tone.'' --R. H. Dana.
A monster, which the blatant beast men call. --Spenser.
Glory, that blatant word, which haunts some military
minds like the bray of the trumpet. --W. Irving.
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| | Related Terms: | | arrant, barefaced, bawling, bellowing, blaring, blatting, blustering, boanergean, boisterous, bold, brassy, brawling, brazen, brazenfaced, chintzy, clamant, clamorous, clamoursome, clanging, clangorous, clattery, colorful, conspicuous, crude, crying, extravagant, flagrant, flaring, flashy, flaunting, garish, gaudy, glaring, gorgeous, hanging out, howling, impudent, in relief, in the foreground, loud, loudmouthed, lowing, lurid, mafficking, meretricious, mugient, multivocal, noiseful, noisy, notable, noticeable, notorious, obstreperous, obtrusive, obvious, openmouthed, ostensible, outstanding, overbold, overt, palpable, prominent, pronounced, puling, rackety, rip-roaring, rowdy, salient, screaming, sensational, shameless, shouting, spectacular, staring, stark-staring, sticking out, strepitant, strepitous, strident, striking, tawdry, tinsel, tumultuous, turbulent, ululant, unabashed, unashamed, unblushing, uproarious, vociferant, vociferating, vociferous, vulgar, wailing, whining, yammering, yapping, yelling, yelping |
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