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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

blatant
    adj 1: without any attempt at concealment; completely obvious;
           "blatant disregard of the law"; "a blatant appeal to
           vanity"; "a blazing indiscretion" [syn: blatant,
           blazing, conspicuous]
    2: conspicuously and offensively loud; given to vehement outcry;
       "blatant radios"; "a clamorous uproar"; "strident demands";
       "a vociferous mob" [syn: blatant, clamant, clamorous,
       strident, vociferous]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Blatant \Bla"tant\, a. [Cf. Bleat.]
   Bellowing, as a calf; bawling; brawling; clamoring;
   disagreeably clamorous; sounding loudly and harshly. "Harsh
   and blatant tone." --R. H. Dana.
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         A monster, which the blatant beast men call. --Spenser.
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         Glory, that blatant word, which haunts some military
         minds like the bray of the trumpet.      --W. Irving.
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Thesaurus Results for Blatant:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

arrant, barefaced, bawling, bellowing, blaring, blatting, blustering, boanergean, boisterous, bold, brassy, brawling, brazen, brazenfaced, chintzy, clamant, clamorous, clamoursome, clanging, clangorous, clattery, colorful, conspicuous, crude, crying, extravagant, flagrant, flaring, flashy, flaunting, garish, gaudy, glaring, gorgeous, hanging out, howling, impudent, in relief, in the foreground, loud, loudmouthed, lowing, lurid, mafficking, meretricious, mugient, multivocal, noiseful, noisy, notable, noticeable, notorious, obstreperous, obtrusive, obvious, openmouthed, ostensible, outstanding, overbold, overt, palpable, prominent, pronounced, puling, rackety, rip-roaring, rowdy, salient, screaming, sensational, shameless, shouting, spectacular, staring, stark-staring, sticking out, strepitant, strepitous, strident, striking, tawdry, tinsel, tumultuous, turbulent, ululant, unabashed, unashamed, unblushing, uproarious, vociferant, vociferating, vociferous, vulgar, wailing, whining, yammering, yapping, yelling, yelping

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