- blatancy
- nounthe property of being both obvious and offensive (Freq. 1)-
the blatancy of his attempt to whitewash the crime was unforgivable
• Derivationally related forms: ↑blatant• Hypernyms:
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Blatancy — Bla tan*cy, n. Blatant quality. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
blatancy — [blāt′ n sē] n. pl. blatancies a blatant quality or thing * * * See blatant. * * * … Universalium
blatancy — index noise, pretense (ostentation) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
blatancy — [blāt′ n sē] n. pl. blatancies a blatant quality or thing … English World dictionary
blatancy — blatant ► ADJECTIVE ▪ open and unashamed; flagrant. DERIVATIVES blatancy noun blatantly adverb. ORIGIN first used by the poet Edmund Spenser in blatant beast to describe a thousand tongued monster, then in the sense «clamorous»: perhaps from… … English terms dictionary
blatancy — noun (plural cies) Date: 1610 1. the quality or state of being blatant 2. something that is blatant … New Collegiate Dictionary
blatancy — noun The state or quality of being blatant … Wiktionary
blatancy — Synonyms and related words: arrantness, boldness, brazenness, clamorousness, colorfulness, conspicuousness, crudeness, dash, dazzle, dazzlingness, extravagance, extravaganza, extravagation, flagrance, flagrancy, flamboyance, flashiness, gaiety,… … Moby Thesaurus
blatancy — bla·tan·cy || bleɪtÉ™nsɪ n. bluntness, conspicuousness, brazenness … English contemporary dictionary
blatancy — bla·tan·cy … English syllables
