Blatant

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
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           A monster, which the blatant beast men call. --Spenser.
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           Glory, that blatant word, which haunts some military
           minds like the bray of the trumpet.      --W. Irving.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  blatant
       adj 1: 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" [syn: {blazing}, {conspicuous},
              {open}]
       2: conspicuously and offensively loud; given to vehement
          outcry; "blatant radios"; "a clamorous uproar"; "strident
          demands"; "a vociferous mob" [syn: {clamant}, {clamorous},
           {strident}, {vociferous}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  99 Moby Thesaurus words for "blatant":
     arrant, barefaced, bawling, bellowing, blaring, blatting,
     blustering, boanergean, boisterous, bold, brassy, brawling, brazen,
     brazenfaced, chintzy, clamant, clamorous, clamoursome, clanging,
     clangorous, clattery, colorful, conspicuous, crude, crying,
     extravagant, flagrant, flaring, flashy, flaunting, garish, gaudy,
     glaring, gorgeous, hanging out, howling, impudent, in relief,
     in the foreground, loud, loudmouthed, lowing, lurid, mafficking,
     meretricious, mugient, multivocal, noiseful, noisy, notable,
     noticeable, notorious, obstreperous, obtrusive, obvious,
     openmouthed, ostensible, outstanding, overbold, overt, palpable,
     prominent, pronounced, puling, rackety, rip-roaring, rowdy,
     salient, screaming, sensational, shameless, shouting, spectacular,
     staring, stark-staring, sticking out, strepitant, strepitous,
     strident, striking, tawdry, tinsel, tumultuous, turbulent, ululant,
     unabashed, unashamed, unblushing, uproarious, vociferant,
     vociferating, vociferous, vulgar, wailing, whining, yammering,
     yapping, yelling, yelping