US /blɑˈzeɪ/ UK /ˈblɑːzeɪ/
adj

Meanings

  1. 1
    adj

    unimpressed or indifferent through overfamiliarity or surfeit of pleasure

    He was utterly blase about the celebrities crowding the party.

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Synonyms
1 adj · unimpressed or indifferent... jadedindifferentunimpressednonchalantapatheticunmoved

Etymology

From French blasé, past participle of blaser ('to cloy, exhaust by overindulgence'), of uncertain origin, perhaps from Dutch blazen ('to blow, swell').

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