blithe

[ blahyth, blahyth ]
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adjective,blith·er, blith·est.
  1. without thought or regard; carefree; heedless: a blithe indifference to anyone's feelings.

  2. joyous, merry, or happy in disposition; glad; cheerful: Everyone loved her for her blithe spirit.

Origin of blithe

1
First recorded before 1000; Middle English; Old English blīthe; cognate with Old Norse blīthr, Old High German blīdi, Gothic bleiths

Other words for blithe

Opposites for blithe

Other words from blithe

  • blithe·ful, adjective
  • blithe·ful·ly, adverb
  • blithe·ly, adverb
  • blithe·ness, noun
  • o·ver·blithe, adjective

Other definitions for Blithe (2 of 2)

Blithe

or Blythe

[ blahyth, blahyth ]

noun
  1. a female given name.

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How to use blithe in a sentence

  • Gay furniture and a brilliant garden are a sight day by day, and make life blither.

    Pearls of Thought | Maturin M. Ballou
  • I don't know that I ever saw a blither young fellow until about the time the finding of that board of survey was announced.

    'Laramie;' | Charles King
  • Once his poor child was blither than the panther of the wilderness and happier than the young lamb that sports in springtime.

    The Scapegoat | Hall Caine
  • The devil take the caliver that fired the ball, for a blither lad never filled a cup at midnight!

    Kenilworth | Sir Walter Scott
  • Clyde smiled across the camp-fire at me and said, "Gin ye had sic a lass as I hae, ye might blither."

    Letters of a Woman Homesteader | Elinore Pruitt Stewart

British Dictionary definitions for blithe

blithe

/ (blaɪð) /


adjective
  1. very happy or cheerful

  2. heedless; casual and indifferent

Origin of blithe

1
Old English blīthe

Derived forms of blithe

  • blithely, adverb
  • blitheness, noun

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