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adjective
- 1. showing a casual lack of concern: "an insouciant shrug"
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relaxed and happy, with no feelings of worry or guilt: He sometimes seems insouciant to the point of carelessness. It is easy to see where her reputation for insouciant charm has come from. See. insouciance. Fewer examples. Given the scale of events, their reaction seems positively insouciant.
Insouciant definition: free from concern, worry, or anxiety; carefree; nonchalant. . See examples of INSOUCIANT used in a sentence.
relaxed and happy, with no feelings of worry or guilt: He sometimes seems insouciant to the point of carelessness. It is easy to see where her reputation for insouciant charm has come from. See. insouciance. Fewer examples. Given the scale of events, their reaction seems positively insouciant.
An insouciant action or quality shows someone's lack of concern about something which they might be expected to take more seriously. [ formal ] Programme-makers seem irresponsibly insouciant about churning out violence.
adjective. insouciantly. in-ˈsü-sē-ənt-lē. adverb. Did you know? Don't worry; be insouciant. Perhaps your mind will rest easier if we explain that English speakers learned insouciance (as well as the adjective insouciant) from the French around the early 1800s.
Only people with no real troubles can afford to be insouciant during times like these. Runway models are great at looking insouciant, strolling the catwalk apparently without a care in the world. Some prefer their musical idols to be insouciant, seeming not to care what their fans think or want.
Define insouciant. insouciant synonyms, insouciant pronunciation, insouciant translation, English dictionary definition of insouciant. adj. Marked by blithe unconcern; nonchalant. in·sou′ci·ant·ly adv. American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition.
Definition of insouciant adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
adjective. An insouciant action or quality shows someone's lack of concern about something that they are expected to take more seriously. [formal] Television producers seem irresponsibly insouciant about churning out violence. More Synonyms of insouciant. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers.
An insouciant action or quality shows someone's lack of concern about something that they are expected to take more seriously. [formal] [...] More. Pronunciations of 'insouciant' American English: ɪnsusiənt British English: ɪnsuːsiənt. More. Synonyms of 'insouciant' • nonchalant, casual, carefree, gay [...] More.
