ˈblāt ə nt adjective
Etymology: perhaps from Latin blat ire to chatter, gossip + English -ant; perhaps of imitative origin like Middle Low German pladderen to chat, gossip, Swedish pladder loose gossip, Danish bladre to gossip, Latin blaterare to chatter, bleat, croak
1. : noisy especially in a vulgar or offensive manner : loud and clamorous
an enormous blatant jukebox — Dan Wickenden
2. : obtrusive in an offensive manner:
a. : conspicuous or enforcing attention in a vulgar manner (as by gaudy pretense)
the predominant tendency toward a coarse and blatant westernization — Harold Strauss
b. : completely or crassly obvious : prominent
loathed the squalor and blatant poverty — Willard Robertson
especially : brazen
found this blatant form of intellectual seduction irresistible — Anthony West
Synonyms: see vociferous