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devil-may-care
dev·il-may-care (dĕv′əl-mā-kâr′)adj.1. Heedless of caution; reckless.2. Jovial and rakish in manner.devil-may-care adj careless or reckless; happy-go-lucky: a devil-may-care attitude. dev′il-may-care′
adj. reckless; careless; rollicking. [1785–95] Thesaurus| Adj. | 1. |  devil-may-care - cheerfully irresponsible; "carefree with his money"; "freewheeling urban youths"; "had a harum-scarum youth"happy-go-lucky, harum-scarum, slaphappy, carefree, freewheelingirresponsible - showing lack of care for consequences; "behaved like an irresponsible idiot"; "hasty and irresponsible action" | | 2. | devil-may-care - marked by a carefree unconventionality or disreputableness; "a cocktail party given by some...raffish bachelors"- Crary Mooreraffish, rakishunconventional - not conventional or conformist; "unconventional life styles" |
devil-may-careadjective happy-go-lucky, casual, careless, easy-going, reckless, unconcerned, flippant, nonchalant, heedless, insouciant his reckless, devil-may-care attitude to lifeTranslationsdevil-may-care
devil-may-careNonchalant, especially toward risks or consequences. I can't believe he went out on his motorcycle in this rain. His devil-may-care attitude is going to get him killed. If you keep up this devil-may-care attitude toward your money, you'll be broke in no time.devil-may-care cheerfully or defiantly reckless.devil-may-care
Related to devil-may-care: devilishness, devil-may-care attitudeSynonyms for devil-may-careadj happy-go-luckySynonyms- happy-go-lucky
- casual
- careless
- easy-going
- reckless
- unconcerned
- flippant
- nonchalant
- heedless
- insouciant
Synonyms for devil-may-careadj cheerfully irresponsibleSynonyms- happy-go-lucky
- harum-scarum
- slaphappy
- carefree
- freewheeling
Related Wordsadj marked by a carefree unconventionality or disreputablenessSynonymsRelated Words |