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blatant

adj · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • /ˈbleɪtənt/
  • blā'tənt
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -eɪtənt
  • CMU ARPABET: B L EY1 T AH0 N T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Obvious, on show; unashamed; loudly obtrusive or offensive.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: ostentatious, bedizened, blatant, blingish, brash, campy, catchpenny, chichi, chintzy, corny, crass, crude, flashy, flaunting, florid, flossy, froufrou, garish, gauche, gaudy, gay, glaring, gross, gussied up, hideous, kitsch, kitschy, loud, meretricious, naff, obtrusive, pizazzy, pretentious, ritzy, raffish, schlocky, showy, snazzy, splendiferous, tacky, tasteless, tawdry, tinselly, too much, trinkety, unbecoming, untasteful, vain, whorish, zesty, apparent, arrant, undoubted, bait, clear, clear as a bell, clear as day, clear cut, conspicuous, crystal clear, cut and dried, decided, elucidate, evident, eyely, intuitive, manifest, notable, noticeable, obvious, open-and-shut, ostensible, palpable, patent, plain, plain as a haystack, plain as a pikestaff, plain as day, plain as Dunstable highway, plain as porridge, plain as print, plain as Salisbury, plain as the nose on one's face, prima facie, res ipsa loquitur, splendent, straightforward, undissembled

Antonyms: furtive

2

adj

Meaning 2

Bellowing; disagreeably clamorous; sounding loudly and harshly.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: archaic

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adjective satellite

Meaning 3

conspicuously and offensively loud; given to vehement outcry

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • blatant radios
  • a clamorous uproar
  • strident demands
  • a vociferous mob

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: clamant, clamorous, strident, vociferous

Antonyms: none provided

4

adjective satellite

Meaning 4

without any attempt at concealment; completely obvious

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • blatant disregard of the law
  • a blatant appeal to vanity
  • a blazing indiscretion

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: blazing, conspicuous

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Coined by Edmund Spenser in 1596 in "blatant beast". Probably a variation of *blatand (Scots blaitand (“bleating”)), present participle of blate, a variation of bleat, equivalent to blate + -ant. See bleat. In addition, it is suggested by Latin blatiō (“speak like a fool, prate”), which is rare, and so the similitude may be just coincidental. Compare typologically Bulgarian вопиющ (vopijušt), Russian вопию́щий (vopijúščij) (akin to вопи́ть (vopítʹ)).

Across languages

Translations

69 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: مُبِين (mubīn) — obvious, on show
  • Bulgarian: явен (javen) — obvious, on show
  • Bulgarian: очевиден (očeviden) — obvious, on show
  • Bulgarian: вопиющ (vopijušt) — obvious, on show
  • Catalan: flagrant — obvious, on show
  • Czech: do očí bijící — obvious, on show
  • Czech: do nebe volající — obvious, on show
  • Czech: bezostyšný — obvious, on show
  • Czech: flagrantní — obvious, on show
  • Dutch: schaamteloos — obvious, on show
  • Dutch: openlijk — obvious, on show
  • Dutch: klinkklaar — obvious, on show
  • Finnish: räikeä — obvious, on show
  • Finnish: selkeä — obvious, on show
  • Finnish: selvä — obvious, on show
  • French: clair — obvious, on show
  • French: éhonté — obvious, on show
  • French: fieffé — obvious, on show
  • French: flagrant — obvious, on show
  • French: manifeste — obvious, on show
  • German: offensichtlich — obvious, on show
  • German: himmelschreiend — obvious, on show
  • German: eklatant — obvious, on show
  • German: krass — obvious, on show
  • Interlingua: vistose — obvious, on show
  • Italian: appariscente — obvious, on show
  • Italian: vistoso — obvious, on show
  • Italian: ovvio — obvious, on show
  • Polish: krzykliwy — obvious, on show
  • Polish: rażący — obvious, on show
  • Portuguese: óbvio — obvious, on show
  • Portuguese: gritante — obvious, on show
  • Portuguese: evidente — obvious, on show
  • Portuguese: escancarado — obvious, on show
  • Romanian: evident — obvious, on show
  • Romanian: țipător — obvious, on show
  • Romanian: ostentativ — obvious, on show
  • Russian: вопию́щий (vopijúščij) — obvious, on show
  • Russian: я́вный (jávnyj) — obvious, on show
  • Russian: очеви́дный (očevídnyj) — obvious, on show
  • Russian: показно́й (pokaznój) — obvious, on show
  • Serbo-Croatian: napadan — obvious, on show
  • Serbo-Croatian: upadljiv — obvious, on show
  • Serbo-Croatian: flagrantan — obvious, on show
  • Serbo-Croatian: blatantan — obvious, on show
  • Spanish: descarado — obvious, on show
  • Spanish: saltante — obvious, on show
  • Spanish: sin disimulo — obvious, on show
  • Swedish: uppenbar — obvious, on show
  • Thai: โจ่งแจ้ง (jòong-jɛ̂ɛng) — obvious, on show
  • Bulgarian: шумен (šumen) — bellowing, clamoring; disagreeably clamorous
  • Bulgarian: креслив (kresliv) — bellowing, clamoring; disagreeably clamorous
  • Finnish: häpeämätön — bellowing, clamoring; disagreeably clamorous
  • Finnish: räikeä — bellowing, clamoring; disagreeably clamorous
  • Finnish: julkea — bellowing, clamoring; disagreeably clamorous
  • German: brüllend — bellowing, clamoring; disagreeably clamorous
  • Hungarian: zajos — bellowing, clamoring; disagreeably clamorous
  • Italian: assordante — bellowing, clamoring; disagreeably clamorous
  • Italian: fragoroso — bellowing, clamoring; disagreeably clamorous
  • Italian: chiassoso — bellowing, clamoring; disagreeably clamorous
  • Italian: gigantesco — bellowing, clamoring; disagreeably clamorous
  • Italian: macroscopico — bellowing, clamoring; disagreeably clamorous
  • Romanian: zbierător — bellowing, clamoring; disagreeably clamorous
  • Russian: крикли́вый (kriklívyj) — bellowing, clamoring; disagreeably clamorous
  • Russian: вульга́рный (vulʹgárnyj) — bellowing, clamoring; disagreeably clamorous
  • Serbo-Croatian: drečeći — bellowing, clamoring; disagreeably clamorous
  • Serbo-Croatian: blatantan — bellowing, clamoring; disagreeably clamorous
  • Spanish: estentóreo — bellowing, clamoring; disagreeably clamorous
  • Spanish: estruendoso — bellowing, clamoring; disagreeably clamorous