blatant

/ˈbleɪtənt/adjective

Loud and harsh in an unpleasant, noisy way.

Example sentence

“The blatant honking of car horns outside made it impossible to sleep.”

The dominant modern sense is obvious and shameless: a blatant lie, a blatant foul. It overlaps with "flagrant", which stresses the offense.

Related words

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