Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Marked by blithe unconcern; nonchalant.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Destitute of care or forethought; heedless of consequences or of the future; indifferent; unconcerned.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Careless; heedless; indifferent; unconcerned.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective
Carefree ,nonchalant ,indifferent ;casually unconcerned .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective marked by blithe unconcern
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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There's a wonderful cover shot to the 1958 album Legrand Jazz, with pianist-composer Michel Legrand wearing an expression of insouciant expectation, Gauloise at the corner of his mouth, indolently summoning invisible sidemen to action.
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There's a wonderful cover shot to the 1958 album Legrand Jazz, with pianist-composer Michel Legrand wearing an expression of insouciant expectation, Gauloise at the corner of his mouth, indolently summoning invisible sidemen to action.
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I laughed so much with both surprise and delight that I gladly relinquished the bread to gabbling beaks and they went on their way to steam-roller another 'insouciant' picnicker.
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She was slinky in a short black skirt with ridiculously high heels -- nosebleed heels -- and she moved across the stage in a kind of insouciant shimmy.
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I laughed so much with both surprise and delight that I gladly relinquished the bread to gabbling beaks and they went on their way to steam-roller another 'insouciant' picnicker.
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One is that I know they probably FEEL great; they often have that kind of insouciant look about them that I think is partly due to not having a crotch seam and being able to get dressed in seconds.
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there are definition questions what does "insouciant" mean?
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Because, as an author, I believe that kind of insouciant self-confidence builds a more enduring bond. "
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But when she spoke, she had an insouciant and unpracticed glamour that belonged in a Hollywood film.
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Getty Images Velvet slippers can add an insouciant flavor to jeans on Kanye West, suits and shorts.
How Going Outside in Slippers Became Cool Ray A. Smith 2011
marco_nj commented on the word insouciant
Also a favorite of Margaret Atwood
December 3, 2006
pianoduchamp commented on the word insouciant
insouciant....with my mind on my money and my money on my mind -snoop dogg
January 17, 2007
nicsims commented on the word insouciant
carefree, nonchalant
September 14, 2007
gavin commented on the word insouciant
a desired for state and a word with an delicious mouthfeel
September 19, 2007
cravinforclavin commented on the word insouciant
Also a favorite of Moby. I learned this one during a Moby VH1 special about seven years ago.
November 10, 2007
jrgoddess commented on the word insouciant
"Infinite Jest" by David Foster Wallace, pg.509:
"Hal was confident Pemulis would remove the insouciant hat the minute they were called in on what was presumably going to be the carpet."
February 17, 2008
shoepixie commented on the word insouciant
A darling, darling word! and a favourite of mine, always always.
April 28, 2008
cranewang commented on the word insouciant
in-SOO-siant
May 5, 2008
sionnach commented on the word insouciant
Wouldn't insoucigrasshopper make more sense?
September 16, 2009
steerpike commented on the word insouciant
Michael Azerrad, witing in 'Our Band Could Be Your Life' described the voice of Sonic Youth's Kim Gordon as "a sort of insouciant holler, like a kid calling to her friends about something great she'd found but trying not to seem too excited about it".
August 20, 2013