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say it: BLAY-tuhnt
blatant is an adjective meaning "without any attempt at concealment; completely obvious". It carries 2 recorded senses.
without any attempt at concealment; completely obvious
“blatant disregard of the law”
“a blatant appeal to vanity”
“a blazing indiscretion”
conspicuously and offensively loud; given to vehement outcry
“blatant radios”
“a clamorous uproar”
“strident demands”
“a vociferous mob”
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for blatant come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.