blatant
completely obvious and offensively conspicuous
Word origin: Coined by the poet Spenser, possibly from Latin blatire, to babble.
Blatant in a sentence
Here are example sentences showing blatant in a sentence.
The referee ignored a blatant foul right in front of him.
The report documented a blatant disregard for safety codes that no inspector could have missed.
Using “blatant” well
Blatant stresses offensive obviousness, often of wrongdoing. Distinguish it from flagrant, which adds the sense of being shockingly bad, and from latent, an unrelated look-alike meaning hidden.
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