Thesaurus / insouciance
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Lovely, with a show of insouciance, bagged three gerunds and one gerundive.
THE VARMINTOWEN JOHNSONThe autopilot functioned perfectly, however, and Logan trusted it to the point of insouciance.
TIGHT SQUEEZEDEAN CHARLES INGIt was as truly part of her (and a growing part of her) as her brilliant enjoyment and insouciance.
DODO'S DAUGHTERE. F. BENSONUnder its insouciance and extravagance lie many of the ideas that dictated his attitude as writer and as critic.
OSCAR WILDEARTHUR RANSOMESuch insouciance would have galled Miss Gabriel past endurance had it not, mercifully, lain outside her range of apprehension.
MAJOR VIGOUREUXA. T. QUILLER-COUCHMoreover, there is something in the very insouciance of these country-comers to Paris which provokes the citizen the more.
HARPER'S NEW MONTHLY MAGAZINE, NO. XXVII, AUGUST 1852, VOL. VVARIOUSMrs. Ermsted flicked an eyelid in Mrs. Burton's direction with an insouciance that somehow robbed the act of any serious sting.
THE LAMP IN THE DESERTETHEL M. DELLHer usual insouciance was gone, and her hands nervously fingered the opal beads of her long necklace.
DANGEROUS DAYSMARY ROBERTS RINEHARTThe apparent insouciance of Japanese ornament is, however, carefully calculated in relation to the field which is to be covered.
PARALLEL PATHSTHOMAS WILLIAM ROLLESTONIt was this peculiar insouciance which angered Dr. Stanhope, even more than his son's extravagance.
BARCHESTER TOWERSANTHONY TROLLOPEWORDS RELATED TO INSOUCIANCE
- aloofness
- coldness
- coolness
- detachment
- disinterest
- dispassion
- disregard
- dullness
- emotionlessness
- halfheartedness
- heedlessness
- impassivity
- incuriosity
- incuriousness
- indifference
- insensibility
- insensibleness
- insensitivity
- insouciance
- lassitude
- lethargy
- listlessness
- passiveness
- passivity
- phlegm
- stoicism
- stolidity
- stolidness
- unconcern
- unresponsiveness
- aloofness
- coldness
- coolness
- detachment
- disinterest
- dispassion
- disregard
- dullness
- emotionlessness
- halfheartedness
- heedlessness
- impassivity
- incuriosity
- incuriousness
- indifference
- insensibility
- insensibleness
- insensitivity
- insouciance
- lassitude
- lethargy
- listlessness
- passiveness
- passivity
- phlegm
- stoicism
- stolidity
- stolidness
- unconcern
- uninterest
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