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Blithe    Audio Help   [blahyth, blahyth] Pronunciation Key
–noun
a female given name.
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blithe    Audio Help   [blahyth, blahyth] Pronunciation Key
–adjective, blith·er, blith·est.
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.
[Origin: bef. 1000; ME; OE blīthe; c. ON blīthr, OHG blīdi, Goth bleiths]

—Related forms
blitheful, adjective
blithe·ful·ly, adverb
blithely, adverb
blitheness, noun

—Synonyms 1. happy, mirthful, sprightly, light-hearted, buoyant, joyful, blithesome.
—Antonyms 1. joyless.
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  Synonym Collection v1.1Cite This Source
Main Entry:  blithe
Part of Speech:  adjective
Synonyms:  bonny, carefree, cheerful, gay, glad, gleeful, happy, jocular, jolly, jovial, joyous, lively, merry, radiant, vivacious, winsome
Source:  Synonym Collection v1.1
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  Roget's II: The New ThesaurusCite This Source
Main Entry:  gay
Part of Speech:  adjective
Definition:  Characterized by joyful exuberance.
Synonyms:  blithesome, boon, convivial, gleeful, jocund, jolly, jovial, merry, mirthful
Source:  Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition
by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary.
Copyright © 2003, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
  Roget's II: The New ThesaurusCite This Source
Main Entry:  light
Part of Speech:  adjective
Definition:  Free from care or worry.
Synonyms:  carefree, debonair, lighthearted
Source:  Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition
by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary.
Copyright © 2003, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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