blatant

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities

US /ˈbleɪtənt/ UK /ˈbleɪtənt/ See IPA manual

adj

Meanings

1

adj
completely obvious and shameless; offensively conspicuous

It was a blatant lie that no one in the room believed.

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Synonyms

1 adj · completely obvious and... flagrant glaring conspicuous brazen obvious overt unabashed

Opposites

subtle inconspicuous discreet unobtrusive

Word family

Derived forms blatantlyblatancy

Etymology

Apparently coined by Edmund Spenser in The Faerie Queene (1596) as the 'blatant beast', perhaps from Latin blatīre ('to babble') or Scots blatand ('bleating'); the modern sense 'glaringly obvious' developed later.

blatīre Latin

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# blatant

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** ˈbleɪtənt
**IPA (UK):** ˈbleɪtənt

## Meanings
1. completely obvious and shameless; offensively conspicuous

## Examples
- It was a blatant lie that no one in the room believed.

## Synonyms
- flagrant
- glaring
- conspicuous
- brazen
- obvious
- overt
- unabashed

## Antonyms
- subtle
- inconspicuous
- discreet
- unobtrusive

## Derived Forms
- blatantly
- blatancy

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: blatīre

## Etymology
Apparently coined by Edmund Spenser in The Faerie Queene (1596) as the 'blatant beast', perhaps from Latin blatīre ('to babble') or Scots blatand ('bleating'); the modern sense 'glaringly obvious' developed later.

## AI Etymology
Blatant is apparently coined by Edmund Spenser in The Faerie Queene (1596) as the 'blatant beast', perhaps from Latin blatīre ('to babble') or Scots blatand ('bleating'); the modern sense 'glaringly obvious' developed later. In present-day use, it means completely obvious and shameless; offensively conspicuous. Derived formations include blatantly and blatancy.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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