Blithe

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Carefree and lighthearted.
  • adj. Lacking or showing a lack of due concern; casual: spoke with blithe ignorance of the true situation.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Happy, cheerful.
  • adj. Indifferent, careless, showing a lack of concern.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Gay; merry; sprightly; joyous; glad; cheerful.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Kind; kindly. Levins (1570).
  • Glad; merry; joyous; sprightly; mirthful; gay: in colloquial use only in Scotland: as, “I'm blithe to see you.“
  • Characterized by or full of enjoyment; gladsome: said of things.
  • Synonyms Cheerful, light-hearted, elated, buoyant.
  • n. A blithe one.
  • n. Kindness; good will; favor.
  • n. Gladness; delight.
  • To be blithe or merry.
  • To make blithe; gladden.
  • Kindly.
  • Gladly; blithely.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. lacking or showing a lack of due concern
  • adj. carefree and happy and lighthearted
  • Equivalent
    unconcerned    cheerful   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    gay    merry    sprightly    joyous    glad    cheerful   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Blythe    lithe    sithe    tithe    wythe   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    light-hearted    vivacious    cheery    mirthful    jovial    merry    joyous    rollicking    buoyant    sportive