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insouciant
[ in-soo-see-uhnt; French an-soo-syahn ]
adjective
- free from concern, worry, or anxiety; carefree; nonchalant.
Synonyms: unconcerned, easygoing, relaxed, breezy, jaunty, lighthearted
insouciant
/ ɪnˈsuːsɪənt /
adjective
- carefree or unconcerned; light-hearted
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Derived Forms
- inˈsouciance, noun
- inˈsouciantly, adverb
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Other Words From
- in·souci·ant·ly adverb
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Word History and Origins
Origin of insouciant1
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Example Sentences
Her poems are marked by an insouciant sense of hope, something she sees as a necessity in these times.
It is an example of insouciant royal play, and the fun of something going wrong.
Because he is a mouthy, insouciant rascal with a great shtick.
Together they read like a dive-bar lecture series: insouciant, slightly surly, mock profound.
With that mask on, I fluff the ends of my hair into a structured but insouciant flip.
There was no secernment between her soul and surface; she was mere, insouciant, with a rare dulcedo.
More or less—an insouciant manner, and a rather startling button-hole.
Adversity came to the insouciant grey battery, adversity quickening to disaster.
At St Malo, as the tide ebbed, all the delightfully insouciant and cheery French world congregated.
Indolent, insouciant and apathetic, the Arab lives to-day as in the past, indifferent to all progress.
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