blase C2+ Topic:Emotions & Feelings US /blɑˈzeɪ/ UK /ˈblɑːzeɪ/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 adj unimpressed or indifferent through overfamiliarity or surfeit of pleasure He was utterly blase about the celebrities crowding the party. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 adj · unimpressed or indifferent... jadedindifferentunimpressednonchalantapatheticunmoved ↔ Opposites enthusiasticexcitedeagerimpressed Etymology AI details From French blasé, past participle of blaser ('to cloy, exhaust by overindulgence'), of uncertain origin, perhaps from Dutch blazen ('to blow, swell'). blaser French View etymology graph -> Topics Emotions & Feelings External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # blase **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** adj **IPA (US):** /blɑˈzeɪ/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈblɑːzeɪ/ ## Meanings 1. unimpressed or indifferent through overfamiliarity or surfeit of pleasure ## Examples - He was utterly blase about the celebrities crowding the party. ## Synonyms - jaded - indifferent - unimpressed - nonchalant - apathetic - unmoved ## Antonyms - enthusiastic - excited - eager - impressed ## Roots and Affixes - Root: blaser ## Etymology From French blasé, past participle of blaser ('to cloy, exhaust by overindulgence'), of uncertain origin, perhaps from Dutch blazen ('to blow, swell'). ## AI Etymology Blase comes from French blasé, past participle of blaser ('to cloy, exhaust by overindulgence'), of uncertain origin, perhaps from Dutch blazen ('to blow, swell'). The historical trail runs through blaser in French. The history must be left partly open, preserving the uncertainty rather than forcing a single unsupported ancestry. Used as an adjective, blase now means "unimpressed or indifferent through overfamiliarity or surfeit of pleasure", so the present definition can be read against the older forms and meanings. That uncertainty is part of the entry: the safest account is the attested form and the limited comparisons preserved with it. ## Topics - Emotions & Feelings markdown