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nonchalant

/ˈnɒnʃələnt/adjective

उच्चारण नॉन्शलन्ट

बेपरवाह, उदासीन, बेफ़िक्र (कभी-कभी चिढ़ाने वाला)

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adjective
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    behaving in a calm and relaxed way, as if not worried or interested, often in a way that annoys others

    बेपरवाह, उदासीन, बेफ़िक्र (कभी-कभी चिढ़ाने वाला)

    • He gave a nonchalant shrug when told he had failed.
    • She strolled in twenty minutes late, nonchalant as ever.
    • The cricketer looked nonchalant even as the crowd roared.
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    • He gave a nonchalant reply and walked on.
    • Aman tried to look nonchalant when his name was called.

    Synonyms casual unconcerned indifferent cool blasé

    Opposite anxious concerned worried agitated

◇Word family
nonchalance nounnonchalantly adv.
≈Synonyms and antonyms
AaSpelling

non·cha·lant

Spelling and pronunciation, asked very often: non-cha-lant, with -ch- pronounced /ʃ/ as in French and -lant (not 'nonchalent', 'nonchallant' or 'nonshalant'); /ˈnɒnʃələnt/.

Spelling और pronunciation में यह शब्द बहुत पूछा जाता है: non-cha-lant, -ch- की ध्वनि French की तरह /ʃ/ और अंत में -lant ('nonchalent', 'nonchallant' या 'nonshalant' गलत है); /ˈnɒnʃələnt/।

§Grammar and usage

The noun nonchalance.

Adjective nonchalant का noun रूप nonchalance है, जिसका अर्थ है बेपरवाही या शांत उदासीनता। जैसे: He answered with nonchalance।

“Collocations, idioms and sayings

A nonchalant shrug, nonchalant air.

Collocations: a nonchalant shrug (बेफ़िक्री से कंधे उचकाना), nonchalant air (लापरवाह या बेपरवाह अंदाज़)।

⌂Word origin and word building

From the French for 'not caring'.

French में 'परवाह न करना' से।