Dictionary Definition
nonchalant adj : marked by blithe unconcern; "an
ability to interest casual students"; "showed a casual disregard
for cold weather"; "an utterly insouciant financial policy"; "an
elegantly insouciant manner"; "drove his car with nonchalant
abandon"; "was polite in a teasing nonchalant manner" [syn:
casual, insouciant]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Etymology
French, 'not being concerned'.Pronunciation
Adjective
- Casually calm and
relaxed.
- She handled the whole frenetic situation with a nonchalant attitude.
- Indifferent;
unconcerned;
behaving as if detached.
- He is far too nonchalant about such a serious matter.
Synonyms
Translations
Casually calm and relaxed
- Finnish: huoleton
- German: nonchalant
Indifferent; unconcerned; behaving as if
detached
- Finnish: välinpitämätön, piittaamaton
- German: nonchalant
- ttbc Swedish: nonchalant
German
Etymology
From nonchalantAdjective
Extensive Definition
Nonchalant (born October 18,
1973) is a singer, rapper, and songwriter from Washington,
D.C. She had a hit in 1996 with the gold
single "5 O'Clock".
nonchalant in German: Nonchalant
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
Laodicean, Olympian, aloof, apathetic, at ease, ataractic, benumbed, blah, blase, calm, careless, casual, cheerful, collected, comatose, composed, cool, degage, desensitized, detached, devil-may-care,
disinterested,
dispassionate,
disregardful,
distant, dull, easy, easygoing, effortless, free and easy,
glad, happy-go-lucky,
heartless, hebetudinous, heedless, hopeless, imperturbable, in a
stupor, inattentive,
incurious, indifferent, inexcitable, insouciant, lackadaisical, languid, lethargic, light, lighthearted, listless, mindless, negligent, numb, numbed, offhand, passive, perfunctory, phlegmatic, pluckless, pococurante, reckless, regardless, relaxed, resigned, slack, sluggish, smooth, soporific, spiritless, spunkless, stoic, stupefied, supine, together, torpid, turned-off, unanxious, uncaring, unconcerned, undiscriminating,
undisturbed,
unemotional,
unenthusiastic,
unexcitable,
unexcited, unflappable, uninterested, unmindful, unperturbed, unruffled, unsolicitous, untroubled, withdrawn