blatant

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities

US /ˈbleɪtənt/ UK /ˈbleɪtənt/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

adj
completely obvious and shameless; offensively conspicuous

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

Thesaurus

Synonyms

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

Opposites

subtle inconspicuous discreet unobtrusive

Word family

Derived forms blatantlyblatancy

Common collocations

blatant disregard Adjective + noun

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.

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Describing Qualities Word Formation & Derivatives

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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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