blatant

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

bla·tant BrE [ˈbleɪtnt] NAmE [ˈbleɪtnt] adjective (disapproving)
(of actions that are considered bad)done in an obvious and open way without caring if people are shocked
Syn: ↑flagrant
•a blatant attempt to buy votes
•It was a blatant lie.
Derived Word: ↑blatantly

Word Origin:
[blatant blatantly] 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 (slander), 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.

Example Bank:
•The opposition party made a blatant attempt to buy votes.

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  clamant, clamorous, strident, vociferous, blazing, conspicuous