blatant
adjective
[ ˈbleɪt(ə)nt ]
• (of bad behaviour) done openly and unashamedly.
• "blatant lies"
Similar:
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,
arrant,
Origin:
late 16th century: 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 century), later of things (late 18th century); the sense ‘unashamedly conspicuous’ arose in the late 19th century.
