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BLATANT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does blatant mean? 

BLATANT (adjective)
  The adjective BLATANT has 2 senses:

1. without any attempt at concealment; completely obviousplay

2. conspicuously and offensively loud; given to vehement outcryplay

  Familiarity information: BLATANT used as an adjective is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


BLATANT (adjective)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Without any attempt at concealment; completely obvious

Synonyms:

blatant; blazing; conspicuous

Context example:

a blazing indiscretion

Similar:

unconcealed (not concealed or hidden)

Derivation:

blatancy (the property of being both obvious and offensive)


Sense 2

Meaning:

Conspicuously and offensively loud; given to vehement outcry

Synonyms:

blatant; clamant; clamorous; strident; vociferous

Context example:

a vociferous mob

Similar:

noisy (full of or characterized by loud and nonmusical sounds)

Derivation:

blatancy (the property of being both obvious and offensive)


 Context examples 


It was different from the dance-hall piano-banging and blatant brass bands he had heard.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

O, I know he’s a good fellow—you needn’t frown—an excellent fellow, and I always mean to see more of him; but a hide-bound pedant for all that; an ignorant, blatant pedant.

(The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson)



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