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
- 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
- arrant
- bald
- barefaced
- boisterous
- brassy
- clamorous
- clear
- conspicuous
- crying
- ear-splitting
- flagrant
- flashy
- flaunting
- garish
- gaudy
- glaring
- glitzy
- harsh
- impudent
- loud
- loudmouthed
- meretricious
- naked
- noisy
- obstreperous
- obtrusive
- ostentatious
- outright
- overbold
- overt
- piercing
- plain
- prominent
- pronounced
- protrusive
- screaming
- scurrilous
- shameless
- sheer
- showy
- snazzy
- strident
- unabashed
- unblushing
- unmitigated
- vociferant
- vociferous
- vulgar
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