Antonyms for happy-go-lucky


Grammar : Adj
Spell : hap-ee-goh-luhk-ee
Phonetic Transcription : ˈhæp i goʊˈlʌk i


Definition of happy-go-lucky

Origin :
  • also happy go lucky, 1670s as an adverb, "haphazard;" the adjective, of persons, recorded from 1856.
  • adj blithely unconcerned
Example sentences :
  • He was a happy-go-lucky person and he could not give his child a large dowry.
  • Extract from : « Ancient Man » by Hendrik Willem van Loon
  • There was something infectious in his happy-go-lucky light-heartedness.
  • Extract from : « A Spirit in Prison » by Robert Hichens
  • There was something very boyish and happy-go-lucky in his attitude and manner.
  • Extract from : « A Spirit in Prison » by Robert Hichens
  • The Happy-go-lucky was also bound for that bay to land her cargo.
  • Extract from : « The Pirate and The Three Cutters » by Frederick Marryat
  • The happy-go-lucky Venetian methods were no longer to disfigure the country.
  • Extract from : « The Birth of Yugoslavia, Volume 1 » by Henry Baerlein
  • "Happy-Go-Lucky" is scarcely the name for an inn accursed by so many horrors.
  • Extract from : « The Forsaken Inn » by Anna Katharine Green
  • “The people say one is the Happy-go-lucky, sir,” drawled Smith.
  • Extract from : « The Three Cutters » by Captain Frederick Marryat
  • They moved in just as it was, in the most happy-go-lucky sort of way.
  • Extract from : « Bird Stories » by Edith M. Patch
  • He is happy-go-lucky, and taking thought of the morrow is not one of his troubles.
  • Extract from : « Watched by Wild Animals » by Enos A. Mills
  • Happy-go-lucky, careless, indifferent as to the favours or reverses of fortune.
  • Extract from : « The Slang Dictionary » by John Camden Hotten

Synonyms for happy-go-lucky

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