Blithe

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–adjective

1. joyous, merry, or gay in disposition; glad; cheerful: Everyone loved her for her blithe [spirit]. 

2. without thought or regard; carefree; heedless: a blithe [indifference] to anyone's [feelings].  



—Synonyms 

1. happy, mirthful, sprightly, light-hearted, buoyant, joyful, blithesome.

—Antonyms 

1. joyless.





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blithe, blithesome (adjs.)   

 

These are synonyms, meaning "cheerful, happy, carefree." Neither is widely used, and blithesome may seem a bit literary to some ears, but each is Standard and worth using occasionally.





 

Hartley resurfaced at festivals in 2006 with Fay Grim, a much-anticipated sequel to Henry Fool. In this espionage thriller that blithely satirizes the state of world security, Parker Posey reprises her role as Fay, the onetime lover of Henry Fool and the mother of his now 14-year-old child, who learns that Henry's infamous book Confessions actually [harbors] a number of covert secrets about the inanities and barbarities committed by transcontinental governments.