Synonyms

blasé

American

[blah-zey, blah-zey, bla-zey] / blɑˈzeɪ, ˈblɑ zeɪ, blaˈzeɪ /

adjective

indifferent to or bored with life; unimpressed, as or as if from an excess of worldly pleasures.

Synonyms:

world-weary, jaded, apathetic

blasé British

/ ˈblɑːzeɪ /

adjective

indifferent to something because of familiarity or surfeit
lacking enthusiasm; bored

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Etymology

Origin of blasé

1810–20; < French, past participle of blaser to cloy, sicken from surfeit, perhaps < Dutch blasen to blow; blast

Example Sentences

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"She really does not like what's happening but most of my Northern Irish and Irish friends who live over here are very blasé about the whole thing."

From BBC

And that's not me being arrogant or blase in any way - it just felt quite normal.

From BBC

Yet the stock market has historically had a hard time quantifying the consequences of these types of risk, which helps explain the rather blasé reaction to unprecedented events.

From Barron's

Speaking about his illness in 2014, Fletcher said he had initially been "very blase" about his diagnosis, which left him running to the toilet up to 30 times a day and "losing a lot of blood".

From BBC

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