English Explanatory Dictionary

blasé

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Unimpressed with something because of overfamiliarity.

Pronunciation

/ˈblɑːzeɪ/ /ˌblɑˈzeɪ/ En-us-blasé.ogg

Word forms

blasé more blasé most blasé blase

Etymology

Borrowed from French blasé (“blasé, jaded”), past participle of blaser (“to blunt, dull”), from Middle Dutch blâsen (“to blow, sound, brag”), from Old Dutch *blāsan, from Proto-West Germanic *blāsan (“to blow”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₁- (“to blow; to bleat, cry”). Cognate with German blasen (“to blow”), English blaze (“to blow”), English blast.

Synonyms

casual indifferent jaded nonchalant surfeited unimpressed adiaphroistic apathetic apathistical blasé blithe deaf cool shiftless dispassionate dull enervated gallionic halfhearted heartless impassive ineffervescible insouciant insensible languid languorous Laodicean lethargic listless lackadaisical lotophagous lukewarm meh mopey nonplussed otiose phlegmatic pococurante spiritless supine tepid torpid torpedinous unaroused uncaring unconcerned unenthusiastic unimpressible uninterested unlively unmoved untouched unzealous world-weary

Derived words

blasély blaséness
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