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Antonyms for blatant


Grammar : Adj
Spell : bleyt-nt
Phonetic Transcription : ˈbleɪt nt



Definition of blatant

Origin :
  • 1596, in blatant beast, coined by Edmund Spenser in "The Faerie Queen" to describe a thousand-tongued monster representing slander; probably suggested by Latin blatire "to babble." It entered general use 1650s, as "noisy in an offensive and vulgar way;" the sense of "obvious, glaringly conspicuous" is from 1889. Related: Blatantly.
  • adj obvious; brazen
  • adj deafening
Example sentences :
  • Banstead's blatant folly had been enough to set any man in a rage.
  • Extract from : « Viviette » by William J. Locke
  • How about the blatant person who had declared HE could have gotten the appropriation?
  • Extract from : « Cy Whittaker's Place » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • Its voice was not the trumpeting of the disreputable goddess we all know—not blatant—not brazen.
  • Extract from : « Lord Jim » by Joseph Conrad
  • It can hurt no one but himself if he is blatant, ignorant, contemptuous.
  • Extract from : « The Soul of a People » by H. Fielding
  • Women are all alike––all human––all susceptible to sheer, blatant flattery.
  • Extract from : « Rope » by Holworthy Hall
  • There are a number of others, but these are some of the most blatant.
  • Extract from : « Secret Armies » by John L. Spivak
  • The greater part of this talk is, to speak plainly, blatant cant.
  • Extract from : « What Is and What Might Be » by Edmond Holmes
  • She contrasted his blatant unselfishness with the hardness of Stephen.
  • Extract from : « The Longest Journey » by E. M. Forster
  • The Republican was informed that they were despised as a blatant minority.
  • Extract from : « The Celt and Saxon, Complete » by George Meredith
  • And yet you have sneered at my 'ignorant atheism and blatant unbelief.'
  • Extract from : « The Day of Judgment » by Joseph Hocking

Synonyms for blatant

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