Literary notes about blatant (AI summary)
In literature, “blatant” functions as a descriptor for that which is unmistakably obvious or shamelessly conspicuous, often carrying a critical or derisive tone. It is deployed to highlight qualities or actions that can hardly be obscured by subtlety—for instance, a character engaging in “blatant forgeries” or being labeled a “red-faced blatant parvenu” calls attention to their overt, audacious behavior [1] [2]. At times, the term lends a vibrant visual quality to a description, as when a “blatant sunshine” is used to evoke an almost oppressive clarity in nature [3]. Whether characterizing a person’s unreserved demeanor or an artifice in advertising and rhetoric, “blatant” serves as a powerful literary tool to underscore the unvarnished truth behind appearances [4] [5].
- I've persuaded her to give away the most blatant forgeries to her god-children at their baptisms.
— from The Lee Shore by Rose Macaulay - That red-faced blatant parvenu, that Jew-hating hypocrite who did his evil doings behind his moneybags, had triumphed!
— from The Great God Gold by William Le Queux - The blatant sunshine seemed to mock her loneliness.
— from Juliette Drouet's Love-Letters to Victor Hugo by Juliette Drouet and Louis Guimbaud - He was quite blatant about it, and seemed to enjoy the show he was putting up.
— from She Stands Accused by Victor MacClure - Prayer is good: but when used as a substitute for obedience, it is naught but a blatant hypocrisy, a despicable Pharisaism.
— from The Chocolate Soldier Or, Heroism—The Lost Chord of Christianity by C. T. (Charles Thomas) Studd
