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blatant
What does blatant mean?
blatant (adjective): without any attempt at concealment; completely obvious.
Definition: Princeton WordNet 3.1.
How do you use blatant in a sentence?
- Blatant disregard of the law. (Princeton WordNet 3.1)
- A blatant appeal to vanity. (Princeton WordNet 3.1)
How do you pronounce blatant?
/ˈbleɪtənt/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does blatant come from?
Coined by Edmund Spenser in 1596 in "blatant beast".
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
What are synonyms of blatant?
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
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What does “blatant” mean?
without any attempt at concealment; completely obvious
Right! That's what “blatant” means.
boundless, endless, without end or limits; innumerable
Not quite: that's what infinite means.
painstaking and careful not to miss or omit any detail
Not quite: that's what thorough means.
existing as an essential constituent or characteristic
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Which word is closest in meaning to “blatant”?
spectacular
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preliminary
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conspicuous
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exceptional
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