insouciant
Syllables: in·sou·ciantUK/ɪnˈsuːsɪənt//inˈsusiənt/
insouciant adjective: casually unconcerned; carefree, indifferent, nonchalant.
Adjective
insouciant (comparative more insouciant, superlative most insouciant)
- Casually unconcerned; carefree, indifferent, nonchalant.
- an insouciant gesture
- "I am quite serious in saying that your loss must and would be felt; but I verily believe," added she, after a moment's hesitation, "that you are so insouciant yourself, that you cannot believe that every body else is not equally indifferent."1834, [Theresa Lewis], chapter XII, in Countess of Morley [Frances Talbot Parker], editor, Dacre: A Novel. … In Three Volumes, volume II, London: Printed for Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green, &...
- Synonyms:
- blasé, uninterested, adiaphroistic, apathetic, apathistical, blithe, deaf, cool, shiftless, dispassionate
insouciant meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam
insouciant in Tamil
- சற்றும் பொருட்படுத்தாத, கண்டுகொள்ளாத, அலட்சியமான, அக்கறையற்ற, ஆர்வமற்ற, ஏனோதானோ
insouciant in Urdu
- آزاد منش, بےفکر, بےغم, بےپرواہ, لاتعلق, لاابالی
insouciant in Bengali
- উদাসীন, বেখেয়াল
insouciant in Malayalam
- light-hearted, nonchalant, untroubled
- ഗൗനമില്ലാത്ത, ഗൗനിക്കാത്ത, സൂക്ഷ്മമില്ലാത്ത, അനവഹിതമായ, നിശ്ചിന്തയോടുകൂടിയ, ഉദാസീനമായ
Examples of insouciant in a sentence
- It was there [Cadiz, Spain] that on Sunday I had seen the populace disport itself, and it was full of life then, gay and insouciant.1905, William Somerset Maugham, chapter XXXVIII, in The Land of the Blessed Virgin: Sketches and Impressions in Andalusia, London: William...
- How I envied Peter his easy, insouciant manner!1913 August, L[ucy] M[aud] Montgomery, “The Christmas Harp”, in The Golden Road, Boston, Mass.: The Page Company, published April 1926...
- […] [Jack] Nicholson turned to an assistant, bummed a cigarette, flashed one of his wolfish, insouciant grins and said, "We all have our little secrets, Seany."2004 April 26, Richard Schickel, “Sean Penn: Necessary Actor”, in Time, archived from the original on 06 Mar 2008:
- Even when I pretend to look insouciant, each look has been painfully considered.2017 November 16, Jo Ellison, “Help: the gym has turned us into slobs”, in Financial Times:
Synonyms of insouciant
- blasé
- uninterested
- adiaphroistic
- apathetic
- apathistical
- blithe
- deaf
- cool
- shiftless
- dispassionate
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Forms of insouciant
| comparative | more insouciant |
|---|---|
| superlative | most insouciant |
Origin of insouciant
From French insouciant, from in- (“not”, prefix) + souciant (“worrying”), 1828.
Words formed from insouciant
Questions about insouciant
- What does insouciant mean?
- Insouciant means casually unconcerned; carefree, indifferent, nonchalant.
- What is insouciant in Tamil?
- Insouciant in Tamil is சற்றும் பொருட்படுத்தாத, கண்டுகொள்ளாத, அலட்சியமான. See Insouciant meaning in Tamil.
- How do you use insouciant in a sentence?
- It was there [Cadiz, Spain] that on Sunday I had seen the populace disport itself, and it was full of life then, gay and insouciant.
- What part of speech is insouciant?
- Insouciant is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce insouciant?
- Insouciant is pronounced /ɪnˈsuːsɪənt/ (UK).
Words near insouciant in the dictionary
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