blatant

(1596) coined by Edmund Spenser ("blatant beast"). Probably a variation of *blatand (Scots blaitand (“bleating”)), present participle of blate, a variation of bleat, equivalent to blate +‎ -and. See bleat.

• enPR: blā'tənt, IPA^(key): /ˈbleɪtənt/

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blatant (comparative more blatant, superlative most blatant)

1. (archaic) Bellowing; disagreeably clamorous; sounding loudly and harshly.
2. Obvious, on show; unashamed; loudly obtrusive or offensive.
   • Richard Henry Dana

     Harsh and blatant tone.

   • Edmund Spenser

     A monster, which the blatant beast men call.

   • Washington Irving

     Glory, that blatant word, which haunts some military minds like the bray of the trumpet.

   • 2013 June 7, Gary Younge, “Hypocrisy lies at heart of Manning prosecution”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 188, number 26, page 18:

     WikiLeaks did not cause these uprisings but it certainly informed them. The dispatches revealed details of corruption and kleptocracy that many Tunisians suspected, […]. They also exposed the blatant discrepancy between the west's professed values and actual foreign policies.

• See also Thesaurus:obvious
• See also Thesaurus:gaudy

• (obvious): furtive

• ostentatious