Antonyms for insouciance


Grammar : Noun
Spell : in-soo-see-uh ns; French an-soo-syahns
Phonetic Transcription : ɪnˈsu si əns; French ɛ̃ suˈsyɑ̃s


Definition of insouciance

Origin :
  • 1799, from French insouciant "carelessness, thoughtlessness, heedlessness," from in- "not" (see in- (1)) + se soucier "to care," from Latin sollicitare "to agitate" (see solicit).
  • As in indifference : noun absence of feeling, interest
  • As in lethargy : noun laziness, sluggishness
  • As in nonchalance : noun apathy
  • As in unconcern : noun disinterestedness
  • As in hebetude : noun lethargy
  • As in impassivity : noun apathy
  • As in inconsequence : noun indifference
  • As in inconsequentiality : noun indifference
  • As in inconsequentialness : noun indifference
  • As in incuriosity : noun apathy
  • As in incuriousness : noun apathy
  • As in informality : noun ease
  • As in insensibleness : noun apathy
  • As in insignificancy : noun indifference
  • As in languidness : noun lethargy
  • As in leadenness : noun lethargy
  • As in phlegm : noun apathy
  • As in stolidity : noun apathy
  • As in stolidness : noun apathy
  • As in torpidity : noun lethargy
  • As in uninterest : noun apathy
  • As in unresponsiveness : noun apathy
  • As in disregard : noun ignoring
  • As in ease : noun facility, freedom
  • As in apathy : noun uncaring attitude, lack of interest
Example sentences :
  • With that and a superb air of insouciance, he made shift to go.
  • Extract from : « The Trampling of the Lilies » by Rafael Sabatini
  • A wave of his hand simulated an insouciance he did not feel.
  • Extract from : « When the Sleepers Woke » by Arthur Leo Zagat
  • Perhaps they were affecting a little of that British insouciance you spoke of—'
  • Extract from : « Lord Kilgobbin » by Charles Lever
  • I crave the gaiety and insouciance of Roberta's care-free Bohemians.
  • Extract from : « Possessed » by Cleveland Moffett
  • That's the kind of man I really like, chirping his insouciance.
  • Extract from : « Fantasia of the Unconscious » by D. H. Lawrence
  • Idleness and insouciance had few temptations for them, cynicism was abhorrent to them.
  • Extract from : « Victorian Worthies » by George Henry Blore
  • What an air of insouciance,” thought I. “That woman is not in love!
  • Extract from : « The Quadroon » by Mayne Reid
  • His Insouciance is charming and always turns the tide of my melancholy.
  • Extract from : « Letters of a Dakota Divorcee » by Jane Burr
  • Lovely, with a show of insouciance, bagged three gerunds and one gerundive.
  • Extract from : « The Varmint » by Owen Johnson
  • "I repeat, everything," said Bazarov with an ineffable expression of insouciance.
  • Extract from : « Fathers and Sons » by Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev

Synonyms for insouciance

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