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blatantly

[bleyt-nt-lee] / ˈbleɪt nt li /
ADJECTIVE
red-handed
Synonyms
WEAK
caught in flagrante delicto openly
ADJECTIVE
red-handed
Synonyms
WEAK
guilty in a compromising position openly
ADVERB
loudly
Synonyms
STRONGEST
aloud emphatically noisily powerfully vehemently vociferously
STRONG
obstreperously
WEAK
articulately boorishly cheaply conspicuously crashingly deafeningly ear-splittingly fully garishly gaudily obtrusively ostentatiously piercingly resonantly resounding ringingly rudely showily shrilly tastelessly tawdrily theatrically thunderingly uproariously vulgarly
Antonyms
WEAK
inaudibly quietly silently
ADVERB
openly
Synonyms
STRONGEST
brazenly candidly flagrantly forthrightly fully honestly plainly publicly readily simply unabashedly unashamedly willingly
WEAK
aboveboard artlessly frankly in broad daylight in full view in public in the open ingenuously naively naturally shamelessly straight under one's nose unhesitatingly unreservedly wantonly warts and all without pretense without reserve
Antonyms
STRONGEST
incompletely
WEAK
secretly shamefully

Example Sentences

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“I would like to see content creators not contribute to the hyper-normalization of things that are like blatantly horrific by acknowledging them.”

From Salon • Feb. 2, 2026

Jon Klein, a digital entrepreneur and former CNN president, said it would be folly for his former network to blatantly court conservatives again.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 13, 2025

Shortly after, State Department spokesperson Tommy Pigott said Rounds's account of his conversation with Rubio was "blatantly false".

From BBC • Nov. 22, 2025

Numerous rights groups urged MPs to reject the law, saying adopting it "would blatantly violate Kazakhstan's international human rights commitments," the International Partnership for Human Rights said in a statement.

From Barron's • Nov. 12, 2025

I can’t tell if he’s trying to give the appearance of patience and failing miserably or is blatantly trying to make me leave.

From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.