blasé

Examples of blasé in a sentence

• It is the habit of heartlessly pecking at these that shows a soul that is blasé.1860 May, [David Masson], “Three Vices of Current Literature”, in David Masson, editor, Macmillan’s Magazine, volume II, number 7...
• You are blasée, darling: I think most people are blasés.1908, Edward Frederic Benson, “Chapter 1”, in The Climber, published 1912:
• He was with some gorgeous blonde, and the two of them were trying to be very blasé and all, like as if he didn't even know people were looking at him.1951 July 16, J[erome] D[avid] Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye, Boston, Mass.: Little, Brown and Company, →OCLC, pages 164–165:
• Often, it's considered "cool" to be blasé about almost everything by some unfortunate people and very "square" to be enthusiastic, especially about something as basic as a job.1997, Joan German-Grapes, “The Elements of Job Success”, in The Teller’s Handbook: Everything a Teller Needs to Know to Succeed, 6th...

Synonyms of blasé

• casual
• indifferent
• jaded
• nonchalant
• surfeited
• unimpressed
• adiaphroistic
• apathetic
• apathistical
• blithe

All synonyms of blasé

Forms of blasé

Origin of blasé

Borrowed from French blasé (“blasé, jaded”), past participle of blaser (“to blunt, dull”), from Middle Dutch blâsen (“to blow, sound, brag”), from Old Dutch *blāsan, from Proto-West Germanic *blāsan (“to blow”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₁- (“to blow; to bleat, cry”). Cognate with German blasen (“to blow”), English blaze (“to blow”), English blast.

Words formed from blasé

• blasély
• blaséness

Questions about blasé

What does blasé mean?

Blasé means unimpressed, indifferent, especially because of overfamiliarity.

How do you use blasé in a sentence?

It is the habit of heartlessly pecking at these that shows a soul that is blasé.

What part of speech is blasé?

Blasé is an adjective.

How do you pronounce blasé?

Blasé is pronounced /ˈblɑːzeɪ/ (UK).