English-Thai Dictionary

blatant

ADJ ชัดแจ้ง  โจ่งแจ้ง  downright clear inconspicuous chad-jaeng

 

blatantly

ADV อย่าง โอ้อวด 

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

BLATANT

a.[See Bleat. ] Bellowing as a calf. [Not used. ]

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

BLATANT

Bla "tant, a. Etym: [Cf. Bleat. ]

 

Defn: Bellowing, as a calf; bawling; brawling; clamoring; disagreeably clamorous; sounding loudly and harshly. "Harsh and blatant tone. " R. H. Dana. A monster, which the blatant beast men call. Spenser. Glory, that blatant word, which haunts some military minds like the bray of the trumpet. W. Irving.

 

BLATANTLY

BLATANTLY Bla "tant *ly, adv.

 

Defn: In a blatant manner.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

blatant

bla tant |ˈblātnt ˈbleɪtnt | ▶adjective (of bad behavior ) done openly and unashamedly: blatant lies. • completely lacking in subtlety; very obvious: forcing herself to resist his blatant charm. DERIVATIVES bla tan cy |ˈblātnsē |noun ORIGIN late 16th cent.: perhaps an alteration of Scots blatand ‘bleating ’ It was first used by Spenser as an epithet for a thousand-tongued monster produced by Cerberus and Chimera, a symbol of calumny, which he called the blatant beast. It was subsequently used to mean ‘clamorous, offensive to the ear, ’ first of people (mid 17th cent. ), later of things (late 18th cent. ); the sense ‘obtrusive to the eye, unashamedly conspicuous ’ arose in the late 19th cent.

 

blatantly

bla tant ly |ˈblātntlē ˈbleɪtntli | ▶adverb in an unsubtle and unashamed manner: the general staff blatantly manipulated press coverage of the war. • [ usu. as submodifier ] used to emphasize the speaker's opinion that something disapproved of is clearly the case: he found her remarks blatantly racist.

 

Oxford Dictionary

blatant

blatant |ˈbleɪt (ə )nt | ▶adjective (of bad behaviour ) done openly and unashamedly: blatant lies. • completely lacking in subtlety; very obvious: she forced herself to resist his blatant charm. DERIVATIVES blatancy noun, blatantly adverb ORIGIN late 16th cent.: perhaps an alteration of Scots blatand ‘bleating ’. It was first used by Spenser as an epithet for a thousand-tongued monster produced by Cerberus and Chimaera, a symbol of calumny, which he called the blatant beast. It was subsequently used to mean ‘clamorous, offensive to the ear ’, first of people (mid 17th cent. ), later of things (late 18th cent. ); the sense ‘unashamedly conspicuous ’ arose in the late 19th cent.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

blatant

blatant adjective it was a blatant lie: flagrant, glaring, obvious, undisguised, unconcealed, open; shameless, barefaced, naked, unabashed, unashamed, unblushing, brazen. ANTONYMS inconspicuous, shamefaced.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

blatant

blatant adjective a blatant lie: flagrant, glaring, obvious, undisguised, unconcealed, overt, open, transparent, patent, evident, manifest, palpable, unmistakable; shameless, unabashed, unashamed, without shame, impudent, insolent, audacious, unembarrassed, unblushing, brazen, barefaced, brass-necked, brash, bold, unrepentant; archaic arrant. ANTONYMS inconspicuous, subtle.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

blatant

bla tant /bléɪt (ə )nt /形容詞 1 〈悪行などが 〉露骨な, 厚顔無恥の, 〈うそが 〉見えすいた .2 耳障りな, うるさい .

 

blatantly

bl á tant ly 副詞 ｟否定的に ｠1 〖時に文修飾 〗(残念ながら )紛れもなく, 明白に .2 (不適切だが )露骨に, 公然と .