Synonyms for devil-may-care


Grammar : Adj
Spell : dev-uh l-mey-kair
Phonetic Transcription : ˈdɛv əl meɪˈkɛər

Top 10 synonyms for devil-may-care Other synonyms for the word devil-may-care

Définition of devil-may-care

Origin :
  • 1837 (but suggested in other forms by 1793).
  • adj easygoing and carefree
Example sentences :
  • The Texan with his devil-may-care ways that masked the real character of him.
  • Extract from : « Prairie Flowers » by James B. Hendryx
  • The devil-may-care spirit was always a great factor with the men.
  • Extract from : « A Labrador Doctor » by Wilfred Thomason Grenfell
  • What a jaunty, ugly, devil-may-care set of fellows they were!
  • Extract from : « Ben Comee » by M. J. (Michael Joseph) Canavan
  • He was a devil-may-care 43 Irishman, brimful of the virtues and the vices of his race.
  • Extract from : « A Daughter of Raasay » by William MacLeod Raine
  • You may know them by their saucy, chiding, devil-may-care hum.
  • Extract from : « Expository Writing » by Mervin James Curl
  • They absorb, without volition, their part of the atmosphere of devil-may-care.
  • Extract from : « Baudelaire: His Prose and Poetry » by Charles Baudelaire
  • She was thinking of Beefy—dear, kind-hearted, devil-may-care, old Beefy.
  • Extract from : « John Brown » by Captain R. W. Campbell
  • Did you catch the compliment of this devil-may-care youngster who is in the trap with us?
  • Extract from : « Dick Merriwell Abroad » by Burt L. Standish
  • Why had she left her convent, if not at the instigation of the merry-eyed, devil-may-care Bindo?
  • Extract from : « The Count's Chauffeur » by William Le Queux
  • Just a devil-may-care bunch that raises hell when it strikes town.
  • Extract from : « The Ranchman » by Charles Alden Seltzer
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