28 jan. 2017.
Learning English.
Balatant = open, shameless, barefaced./ "it was a blatant lie"
bla·tant
ˈblātnt/
adjective
adjective: blatant
Learning English.
Balatant = open, shameless, barefaced./ "it was a blatant lie"
bla·tant
ˈblātnt/
adjective
adjective: blatant
(of bad behavior) done openly and unashamedly.
"blatant lies"
synonyms: flagrant, glaring, obvious, undisguised, unconcealed, open; More
shameless, barefaced, naked, unabashed, unashamed, unblushing, brazen
"it was a blatant lie"
antonyms: inconspicuous, shamefaced
completely lacking in subtlety; very obvious.
"forcing herself to resist his blatant charm"
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 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 century), later of things (late 18th century); the sense ‘obtrusive to the eye, unashamedly conspicuous’ arose in the late 19th century.
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"blatant lies"
synonyms: flagrant, glaring, obvious, undisguised, unconcealed, open; More
shameless, barefaced, naked, unabashed, unashamed, unblushing, brazen
"it was a blatant lie"
antonyms: inconspicuous, shamefaced
completely lacking in subtlety; very obvious.
"forcing herself to resist his blatant charm"
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 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 century), later of things (late 18th century); the sense ‘obtrusive to the eye, unashamedly conspicuous’ arose in the late 19th century.
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Use over time for: blatant
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