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adjective

Blase adj.

Having the sensibilities deadened by excess or frequency of enjoyment; sated or surfeited with pleasure; uninterested because of frequent exposure or indulgence; used up.

Synonyms: bored.

Very sophisticated; versed in the ways of the world. "The blase traveler refers to the ocean he has crossed as 'the pond'"

Synonyms: knowing, worldly.

Uninterested and attaching little importance; of attitudes toward duties. "A blase attitude about housecleaning"

Synonyms: unconcerned.

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Etymology of 'Blase'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Blase" Quotes from Famous Books

... time was more remarkable in Mr Stevenson than his extraordinary youthfulness of mind. At an age when other young men affect to be blase and world weary he was delightfully and fearlessly boyish. Boyish even in his occasional half-comic solemnity of appearance; he was boyish likewise in his charming jests and jokes, and, above all, in his hearty delight in any outdoor 'ploy' ...

— Robert Louis Stevenson • Margaret Moyes Black

... I'm glad to learn your feelings are hurt," returned the aunt. "I'm sure, Carley, that underneath all this—this blase ultra something you've acquired, there's a real heart. Only you must ...

— The Call of the Canyon • Zane Grey

... pretend you are getting to be a blase man. I know that you are only about ten years older than I am—not more than nine, I think—and you dance very well, and no doubt you ...

— The Queen's Cup • G. A. Henty

... imperfect they would take a hand in setting it right. We know we felt that way, but we are loath to believe our children also cherish their high hopes. And so the tendency of the adult is to treat with cynicism the dreams of youth. Often we sedulously endeavor to pervert him to our blase view of the world; we would have him believe it is a fated heap of cinders instead of an almost new thing to be formed and made perfect. In the home those ideals must be nourished and guided. See that ...

— Religious Education in the Family • Henry F. Cope

... was delivered with the blase air of weariness worn out, that should belong with him who has seen and heard and known a world's multitude; which manner is everywhere recognized as the ...

— The President - A novel • Alfred Henry Lewis

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