blatant

[Bla·tant]

Something blatant is very obvious and offensive. Don't get caught in a blatant lie, because you won't be able to weasel your way out of it.

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Bellowing, as a calf; bawling; brawling; clamoring; disagreeably clamorous; sounding loudly and harshly.

Adjective S.
conspicuously and offensively loud; given to vehement outcry; "blatant radios"; "a clamorous uproar"; "strident demands"; "a vociferous mob"

Adjective S.
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"


a.
Bellowing, as a calf; bawling; brawling; clamoring; disagreeably clamorous; sounding loudly and harshly.


Blatant

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.
Glory, that blatant word, which haunts some military minds like the bray of the trumpet.

Bellowing, as a calf; bawling; brawling; clamoring; disagreeably clamorous; sounding loudly and harshly.

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Usage Examples

I don't want to tell President Obama how to make a speech. He's a much better speech maker than I am. But I think always to tell the truth in a sometimes blatant way, even though it might be temporarily unpopular, is the best approach.

Socialism in general has a record of failure so blatant that only an intellectual could ignore or evade it.

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Other Usage Examples

Religion, for better or for worse, has been politicized in blatant ways that have seldom been equaled in American elections.

As a microbiologist, I am particularly concerned with Mr. Bush's blatant disregard for science.

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