Blithe
[blaɪð]
Definition
(adj.) carefree and happy and lighthearted; 'was loved for her blithe spirit'; 'a merry blithesome nature'; 'her lighthearted nature'; 'trilling songs with a lightsome heart' .
(adj.) lacking or showing a lack of due concern; 'spoke with blithe ignorance of the true situation' .
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Definition
(a.) Gay; merry; sprightly; joyous; glad; cheerful; as, a blithe spirit.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Cheerful, gay, sprightly, lively, animated, elated, vivacious, joyous, joyful, merry, mirthful, jocund, sportive, airy, buoyant, debonair, blithesome, of good cheer, in high spirits, in good spirits, full of life, full of spirit.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Light, merry, joyous, happy, bright, elastic, gladsome, bonny, vivacious,lively, cheerful, blithesome, gay
ANT:Heavy, dull, dejected, sullen
Typist: Penelope
Definition
adj. happy: gay; sprightly.—adv. Blithe′ly.—n. Blithe′ness.—adj. Blithe′some joyous.—adv. Blithe′somely.—n. Blithe′someness.
Typist: Ronald
Examples
- Her father had to learn not to see her blithe obliviousness, or it would have sent him mad. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- He gave her a very blithe look, and a very sly look. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- So she rose, stilly and blithe, smiling at him. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- He went in such a blithe drift of rage, that her mind wondered over him. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- They might have taken up their station in his breast, too, for he was blithe and merry. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- You are looking very blithe, upon my word, Tamsie, said Mrs Yeobright, with a sad smile. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Her anger had a good effect, however, for she hid it under a smiling face, and seemed unusually blithe and brilliant. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Everything is all right--we shall go to the registrar's office-' There was a second's hush in the room, after Ursula's blithe vagueness. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- She made, too, such a point of personally receiving his visits, and was so unfailingly cheerful, blithe, and benignant in her manner to him. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- In a similar feeling of delicacy, we were always blithe and light-hearted with the licence clients. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- And there, in an Indian shawl and a pale-green crape bonnet--therefresh, portly, blithe, and pleasant--there stood Madame Beck. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
Typist: Ronald