blithe

blithe
    adj 1: lacking or showing a lack of due concern; "spoke with
           blithe ignorance of the true situation"
    2: carefree and happy and lighthearted; "was loved for her
       blithe spirit"; "a merry blithesome nature"; "her
       lighthearted nature"; "trilling songs with a lightsome heart"
       [syn: {blithe}, {blithesome}, {lighthearted}, {lightsome},
       {light-hearted}]
    

Blithe \Blithe\ (bl[imac][th]), a. [AS. bl[imac][eth]e blithe,
   kind; akin to Goth. blei[thorn]s kind, Icel. bl[imac][eth]r
   mild, gentle, Dan. & Sw. blid gentle, D. blijd blithe, OHG.
   bl[imac]di kind, blithe.]
   Gay; merry; sprightly; joyous; glad; cheerful; as, a blithe
   spirit.
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         The blithe sounds of festal music.       --Prescott.
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         A daughter fair,
         So buxom, blithe, and debonair.          --Milton.
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65 Moby Thesaurus words for "blithe":
      beaming, blase, blissful, blithesome, boon, bright,
      bright and sunny, carefree, careless, casual, cheerful, cheery,
      chirk, chirpy, chirrupy, delighted, detached, elated, eupeptic,
      euphoric, exalted, exhilarated, flushed, gay, genial, glad,
      gladsome, gleeful, glowing, happy, happy-go-lucky, heedless, high,
      hopeful, in good spirits, in high spirits, indifferent, insouciant,
      irrepressible, jocund, jolly, jovial, joyful, joyous, jubilant,
      laughing, light-hearted, lighthearted, lightsome, merry, mirthful,
      of good cheer, optimistic, pleasant, radiant, riant, rosy,
      sanguine, sanguineous, smiling, sparkling, sunny, uncaring,
      unconcerned, winsome