devil-may-care

Speech parts

1. devil-may-care - Adjective

2. devil-may-care - Phrase

3. devil-may-care - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

cheerfully irresponsible

marked by a carefree unconventionality or disreputableness

Source: WordNet

Alternative names

devil may care

Synonyms

imprudent heedless carefree happy-go-lucky daredevil regardless risky precipitate rash careless reckless frivolous hasty negligent adventurous
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Antonyms

aware careful conscious alert cautious wary
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Examples

In a newsagent's he picked up a copy of the Standard, and hesitated by the chocolate, looking at the low-fat version he had trained himself to pretend he liked but suddenly hungry for a real bar, which with guilty devil-may-care he took and paid for. China Miéville

carefree with his money Source: Internet

freewheeling urban youths Source: Internet

had a harum-scarum youth Source: Internet

a cocktail party given by some...raffish bachelors Source: Internet

Gerald's snobbish wife, Helen, who detests Wimsey, and their devil-may-care heir, Viscount St. George (Wimsey's nephew, who likes him), also make appearances in the novels. Source: Internet

Words in the phrase

devil may care

Close letter words and terms

devil-in-a-bush devil-in-the-bush devil-lore devil-on-the-neck devil-ridden devil-worship