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blatant
/ˈbleɪtənt/
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What does blatant mean?
adjective
- Obvious, on show; unashamed; loudly obtrusive or offensive.
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adjective
- (archaic) Bellowing; disagreeably clamorous; sounding loudly and harshly.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈbleɪtənt/
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He followed the sea, became a hard drinker, a foul-mouthed blasphemer, and a blatant spouter of infidelity.
This same nerve specialist received a patient once who was positively blatant in her complaint of a nervous shock.
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The blatant soldier often convulsed whole files by his biting sarcasms aimed at the tall one.
He had been blatant in his visits to Mme Boursier after the death of the husband.
London died away in draggled taverns and dreary scrubs, and then was unaccountably born again in blazing high streets and blatant hotels.