Thesaurus / insouciant
EXAMPLE SENTENCES FROM THE WEB
There was no secernment between her soul and surface; she was mere, insouciant, with a rare dulcedo.
More or less—an insouciant manner, and a rather startling button-hole.
Adversity came to the insouciant grey battery, adversity quickening to disaster.
THE LONG ROLLMARY JOHNSTON
At St Malo, as the tide ebbed, all the delightfully insouciant and cheery French world congregated.
LOVE'S USURIESLOUIS CRESWICKE
Indolent, insouciant and apathetic, the Arab lives to-day as in the past, indifferent to all progress.
IN THE LAND OF MOSQUES & MINARETSFRANCIS MILTOUN
He strolls through Europe with an insouciant air and finds it almost as good as California.
THE NATIVE SONINEZ HAYNES IRWIN
The latter object ruined the effect of his insouciant rendition of "Home, Sweet Home."
THEN I'LL COME BACK TO YOULARRY EVANS
Never before had he been so insouciant, although never before had the risk been so great.
PHOEBE, JUNIORMRS [MARGARET] OLIPHANT
Boudgoust, profoundly dejected, appeared, followed by the insouciant figure of Dossonville.
IN THE NAME OF LIBERTYOWEN JOHNSON
She has something English in her insouciant pose, and is wholly American in her cerebral quality.
VISIONARIESJAMES HUNEKER
WORDS RELATED TO INSOUCIANT
- absent
- abstracted
- apathetic
- blah
- bored
- careless
- dormant
- dreamy
- drowsy
- dull
- easygoing
- energyless
- enervated
- faint
- heavy
- heedless
- impassive
- inanimate
- inattentive
- indifferent
- indolent
- inert
- insouciant
- lackadaisical
- lagging
- laid-back
- languid
- languishing
- languorous
- leaden
- lethargic
- lifeless
- limp
- lukewarm
- lymphatic
- mopish
- neutral
- out of it
- passive
- phlegmatic
- slack
- sleepy
- slow
- sluggish
- stupid
- supine
- thoughtless
- torpid
- uninterested
- vacant
- amenable
- breezy
- calm
- carefree
- casual
- collected
- complaisant
- composed
- devil-may-care
- easy
- even-tempered
- flexible
- free and easy
- hang-loose
- happy-go-lucky
- indolent
- indulgent
- informal
- insouciant
- laid-back
- lazy
- lenient
- liberal
- low-pressure
- mild
- moderate
- natural
- nonchalant
- offhand
- outgiving
- patient
- placid
- poised
- self-possessed
- serene
- spontaneous
- tolerant
- tranquil
- unceremonious
- unconcerned
- uncritical
- undemanding
- unhurried
- uninhibited
- unrestrained
- airy
- aloof
- apathetic
- blasé
- calm
- careless
- casual
- cold
- collected
- composed
- cool
- detached
- disimpassioned
- disinterested
- dispassionate
- easy
- effortless
- happy
- impassive
- imperturbable
- incurious
- indifferent
- insouciant
- lackadaisical
- light
- listless
- loose
- lukewarm
- mellow
- neglectful
- negligent
- neutral
- offhand
- placid
- serene
- smooth
- trifling
- uncaring
- unconcerned
- unemotional
- unexcited
- unfeeling
- unflappable
- unimpressible
- unperturbed
- unruffled
- untroubled
- amenable
- breezy
- calm
- carefree
- casual
- collected
- complaisant
- composed
- devil-may-care
- easy
- even-tempered
- flexible
- free and easy
- hang-loose
- happy-go-lucky
- indolent
- indulgent
- informal
- insouciant
- laid-back
- lazy
- lenient
- liberal
- low-pressure
- mild
- moderate
- natural
- nonchalant
- offhand
- outgiving
- patient
- placid
- poised
- self-possessed
- serene
- spontaneous
- tolerant
- tranquil
- unceremonious
- unconcerned
- uncritical
- undemanding
- unhurried
- uninhibited
- unrestrained
- aloof
- blind
- blithe
- callous
- careless
- cold
- cool
- deaf
- detached
- dispassionate
- distant
- easy
- feckless
- forgetful
- hard-hearted
- hardened
- heedless
- impassive
- inattentive
- incurious
- indifferent
- insensible
- insensitive
- insouciant
- lackadaisical
- lukewarm
- negligent
- neutral
- nonchalant
- oblivious
- phlegmatic
- relaxed
- reserved
- self-centered
- serene
- stony
- supine
- unbothered
- uninterested
- uninvolved
- unmoved
- unperturbed
- unruffled
- unsympathetic
- untroubled
- unworried
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