blatant

BLAY-tuntadj

Meaning completely obvious and done without shame

Memory hook BLAT-ant: as loud as a BLARING horn. Rex copies Pip’s test while reading the answers out loud, as loud as a blaring horn; cheating that shameless and obvious is blatant.

Copying your neighbor’s answers word for word is blatant cheating.

In context Jonah’s excuse was a blatant lie; he claimed he had been home all evening, but half the class had seen him at the arcade.

Similar obvious, flagrant, glaring, brazen

Opposite subtle, hidden, inconspicuous

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