Antonyms for happy-go-lucky
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : hap-ee-goh-luhk-ee |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈhæp i goʊˈlʌk i |
Definition of happy-go-lucky
Origin :- also happy go lucky, 1670s as an adverb, "haphazard;" the adjective, of persons, recorded from 1856.
- adj blithely unconcerned
- He was a happy-go-lucky person and he could not give his child a large dowry.
- Extract from : « Ancient Man » by Hendrik Willem van Loon
- There was something infectious in his happy-go-lucky light-heartedness.
- Extract from : « A Spirit in Prison » by Robert Hichens
- There was something very boyish and happy-go-lucky in his attitude and manner.
- Extract from : « A Spirit in Prison » by Robert Hichens
- The Happy-go-lucky was also bound for that bay to land her cargo.
- Extract from : « The Pirate and The Three Cutters » by Frederick Marryat
- The happy-go-lucky Venetian methods were no longer to disfigure the country.
- Extract from : « The Birth of Yugoslavia, Volume 1 » by Henry Baerlein
- "Happy-Go-Lucky" is scarcely the name for an inn accursed by so many horrors.
- Extract from : « The Forsaken Inn » by Anna Katharine Green
- “The people say one is the Happy-go-lucky, sir,” drawled Smith.
- Extract from : « The Three Cutters » by Captain Frederick Marryat
- They moved in just as it was, in the most happy-go-lucky sort of way.
- Extract from : « Bird Stories » by Edith M. Patch
- He is happy-go-lucky, and taking thought of the morrow is not one of his troubles.
- Extract from : « Watched by Wild Animals » by Enos A. Mills
- Happy-go-lucky, careless, indifferent as to the favours or reverses of fortune.
- Extract from : « The Slang Dictionary » by John Camden Hotten
Synonyms for happy-go-lucky
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