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Definition of Blatant
1. Adjective. Without any attempt at concealment; completely obvious. "A blazing indiscretion"
Similar to: Unconcealed
Derivative terms: Blatancy, Conspicuousness
2. Adjective. Conspicuously and offensively loud; given to vehement outcry. "A vociferous mob"
Similar to: Noisy
Derivative terms: Blatancy, Clamor, Clamor, Stridence, Stridency
Definition of Blatant
1. a. Bellowing, as a calf; bawling; brawling; clamoring; disagreeably clamorous; sounding loudly and harshly.
Definition of Blatant
1. Adjective. Bellowing, as a calf; bawling; brawling; clamoring; disagreeably clamorous; sounding loudly and harshly. ¹
2. Adjective. Obvious, on show ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Blatant
1. obvious [adj] - See also: obvious
Lexicographical Neighbors of Blatant
Literary usage of Blatant
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of English Usage by Inc. Merriam-Webster (1994)
"Evans 1957 worked out a distinction between blatant and flagrant and so did Bernstein
... One matter that draws notice is the extension of blatant from its ..."
2. A Dictionary of English Etymology by Hensleigh Wedgwood (1859)
"blatant To roar, to bellow. Du. blae- ren, probably contracted from bladeren,
... Hence Spenser's blatant beast, the noisy, boasting, ill-speaking beast. ..."
3. The English Poets: Selections with Critical Introductions by Various Writers by Thomas Humphry Ward (1912)
"THE QUELLING OF THE blatant BEAST. Through all estates he found that he had past,
In which he many massacres had left, And to the Clergy now was come at ..."
4. The Connoisseur by Bonnell Thornton, George Colman, Mr Town, George Lyttelton Lyttelton (1902)
"They prefer the bizarre, the blatant, and to this the manufacturers have regretfully
to submit. And no one more than the masters deplores this deterioration ..."
5. History of Political Conventions in California, 1849-1892 by Winfield J. Davis (1893)
"... and we do most earnestly deprecate the action of the eastern clubs of this
party in their reception of the blatant, profane, and low humbug, ..."
6. Life and Letters of Edwin Lawrence Godkin by Edwin Lawrence Godkin (1907)
"One is a blatant, empty creature named . He discharges platitudes of the most
fatuous kind at my head as a newspaper editor, at intervals of about two ..."
7. A Glossary: Or, Collection of Words, Phrases, Names, and Allusions to by Robert Nares (1859)
"... thv lines attest An car-mark due, cub oí the blatant beast, Whose wrath before 'tis
... blatant ..."
8. On the Difficulty of Correct Description of Books by Augustus De Morgan (1902)
"observes that "very few and very weary are those who are in at the death of the
blatant Beast." The reviewer himself, no doubt one of the few, ..."
9. Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of English Usage by Inc. Merriam-Webster (1994)
"Evans 1957 worked out a distinction between blatant and flagrant and so did Bernstein
... One matter that draws notice is the extension of blatant from its ..."
10. A Dictionary of English Etymology by Hensleigh Wedgwood (1859)
"blatant To roar, to bellow. Du. blae- ren, probably contracted from bladeren,
... Hence Spenser's blatant beast, the noisy, boasting, ill-speaking beast. ..."
11. The English Poets: Selections with Critical Introductions by Various Writers by Thomas Humphry Ward (1912)
"THE QUELLING OF THE blatant BEAST. Through all estates he found that he had past,
In which he many massacres had left, And to the Clergy now was come at ..."
12. The Connoisseur by Bonnell Thornton, George Colman, Mr Town, George Lyttelton Lyttelton (1902)
"They prefer the bizarre, the blatant, and to this the manufacturers have regretfully
to submit. And no one more than the masters deplores this deterioration ..."
13. History of Political Conventions in California, 1849-1892 by Winfield J. Davis (1893)
"... and we do most earnestly deprecate the action of the eastern clubs of this
party in their reception of the blatant, profane, and low humbug, ..."
14. Life and Letters of Edwin Lawrence Godkin by Edwin Lawrence Godkin (1907)
"One is a blatant, empty creature named . He discharges platitudes of the most
fatuous kind at my head as a newspaper editor, at intervals of about two ..."
15. A Glossary: Or, Collection of Words, Phrases, Names, and Allusions to by Robert Nares (1859)
"... thv lines attest An car-mark due, cub oí the blatant beast, Whose wrath before 'tis
... blatant ..."
16. On the Difficulty of Correct Description of Books by Augustus De Morgan (1902)
"observes that "very few and very weary are those who are in at the death of the
blatant Beast." The reviewer himself, no doubt one of the few, ..."
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