blase

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities

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.

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Synonyms

1 adj · unimpressed or indifferent... jadedindifferentunimpressednonchalant apathetic unmoved

Opposites

enthusiastic excited eager impressed

Etymology

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

blaser French

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# 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
- Describing Qualities

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