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Antonyms for insouciant

Grammar : Adj
Spell : in-soo-see-uhnt; French an-soo-syahn
Phonetic Transcription : ɪnˈsu si ənt; French ɛ̃ suˈsyɑ̃

Definition of insouciant

Origin :
  • 1829, from French insouciant "careless, thoughtless, heedless," from in- "not" (see in- (1)) + souciant "caring," present participle of soucier "to care," from Latin sollicitare "to agitate" (see solicit). Related: Insouciantly.
  • adj easygoing, casual
Example sentences :
  • Mrs. Chetwinde wandered away, insouciant and observant as ever.
  • Extract from : « In the Wilderness » by Robert Hichens
  • Edestone's reply was as insouciant as if he had been merely commenting on the weather.
  • Extract from : « L. P. M. » by J. Stewart Barney
  • Up to this she has led a bird's life, gay, insouciant, free and careless.
  • Extract from : « Mrs. Geoffrey » by Duchess
  • More or less—an insouciant manner, and a rather startling button-hole.
  • Extract from : « Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 108, February 23, 1895 » by Various
  • There was no secernment between her soul and surface; she was mere, insouciant, with a rare dulcedo.
  • Extract from : « Punch, Or the London Charivari, Volume 107, October 27th, 1894 » by Various
  • I watched her, on the opposite footpath, strolling down the shady avenue with an insouciant grace.
  • Extract from : « Caught by the Turks » by Francis Yeats-Brown
  • Jasper assented with the insouciant docility by which he always acknowledged Gabrielle's astuter intellect.
  • Extract from : « What Will He Do With It, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
  • This young man had a heavy expression of conscious responsibility, before which the insouciant Pake visibly quailed.
  • Extract from : « Two on the Trail » by Hulbert Footner
  • Here, under this Southern sun, we of the North are in danger of acquiring a sort of insouciant directness almost primitive.
  • Extract from : « The Firing Line » by Robert W. Chambers
  • Or, if he is an insouciant sort of person, he would more properly be titled, Prince Don't-Kar-a-toff.
  • Extract from : « Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 104, April 15, 1893 » by Various

Synonyms for insouciant

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