blatant
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4.5
- adjective
- /ˈbleɪtənt/
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flagrante
- The company's blatant disregard for environmental regulations shocked many activists.
- blatant discrimination
- blatant disregard
- blatant violation
And they've, I mean, I see this as as blatant child abuse.
- And they've, I mean, I see this as as blatant child abuse.
- Other times it is a blatant attempt to manipulate and control you.
- I just won't because the hypocrisy, the duplicity, the blatant opportunism.
- It's just blatant ripping off off the government.
- Every not so funny joke, every unfair stereotype, every blatant injustice, no matter how big or small.
- But the first thing is, is as I said, these are blatant anti-Semitic remarks that Kanye West has made.
- So the very agencies entrusted with supposedly enforcing the law are actually behaving with utter blatant disregard for the law itself.
- And not that sometimes it's just a blatant flat out being disrespectful.
- It was hard to see the blatant oppression and the word said.
- Fine, but this is even more blatant than I've ever seen before.
Examples
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I've never seen such blatant incompetence.
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It was so blatant that these children were super, super healthy.
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OK, so this is just a blatant lie, just a Fact Check.
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To me, this is a blatant copy and it is very, very, very sad to see.
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I think this is an ugly blatant cash grab.
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I just saw 26 blatant health code violations.
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My government sees this as a blatant attempt to gain complete and absolute control of space itself for military purposes.
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Fine, but this is even more blatant than I've ever seen before.
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- You think a mother can even help but see through her son's blatant lies and falsehoods and endless schemes?
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What angered them most, however, was the blatant attempt to stack the orders with southern Italians.
Academic text (1991)
Synonyms
58
8.9
Very bad and obvious in a way that shocks people
55
5.1
Easy to see and notice because it stands out
37
7.3
Showing no shame or respect for rules
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7.0
Obvious and very bad in a way that shocks people
5
7.4
Clearly not hidden and showing no shame
Very obvious and showing no attempt to hide it
Antonyms
Compounds
- Literature
A type of advertising that uses nature images to sell things while not really helping the environment
How Obvious
Surface Forms
Etymology
Blatant was first used to mean loud or noisy and it echoes the sound of a sheep's bleat ('to make a loud, complaining sound'). So a blatant action or lie is very obvious and done without shame, like a loud noise everyone can hear.