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blithe

/blaɪð/adjective

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बेफ़िक्र, लापरवाह (परिणामों की चिंता किए बिना)

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adjective
  1. 1

    disapproving

    showing you do not care about the possible results of your actions

    बेफ़िक्र, लापरवाह (परिणामों की चिंता किए बिना)

    • He made the promise with blithe disregard for the cost.
    • a blithe assumption that the money would arrive somehow
    • She went on with blithe indifference to the warnings.
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    • He made a blithe promise to finish everything by evening.
    • The minister's blithe reply made the farmers angry.

    Synonyms casual carefree unconcerned heedless thoughtless

    Opposite careful anxious concerned thoughtful

  2. 2

    literary

    happy and without worries

    प्रसन्न, निश्चिंत, मस्त

    • Hail to thee, blithe Spirit! (Shelley on the skylark)
    • With a blithe smile, the child skipped through the garden and sang to the butterflies.
    • She is a blithe girl who sings all day long.
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    • A blithe young man walked whistling along the lane.
    • The poem describes the blithe spirit of spring.

    Synonyms cheerful light-hearted merry carefree

    Opposite gloomy sad troubled

◇Word family
blithely adv.
≈Synonyms and antonyms
AaSpelling

Spelling and pronunciation: blithe, with -ithe pronounced /aɪð/ (like writhe and tithe; not 'blith'); the adverb blithely.

Spelling और pronunciation में blithe, -ithe की ध्वनि /aɪð/ (writhe और tithe की तरह; 'blith' गलत है); adverb blithely।

§Grammar and usage

Both senses are tested: the old literary sense happy (Shelley's 'blithe Spirit') and the modern critical sense carelessly unconcerned ('blithely ignored the warning').

दोनों अर्थ पूछे जाते हैं: पुराना साहित्यिक अर्थ 'प्रसन्न' (Shelley का 'blithe Spirit') और आधुनिक आलोचनात्मक अर्थ 'लापरवाह' ('blithely ignored the warning')।

“Collocations, idioms and sayings

Blithe disregard, blithe indifference.

Collocations: blithe disregard (बेपरवाही से की गई अनदेखी), blithe indifference (लापरवाह उदासीनता)। Blithe का मतलब है चिंतामुक्त या बिना सोचे-समझे बेफिक्र।