Crossword clues for devil-may-care
devil-may-care
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
devil-may-care \devil-may-care\ adj.
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cheerfully irresponsible.
Syn: carefree, happy-go-lucky, harum-scarum, slaphappy.
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marked by a carefree unconventionality or disreputableness.
Syn: raffish, rakish.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1837 (but suggested in other forms by 1793).
Wiktionary
a. carefree, reckless, irresponsible.
WordNet
adj. cheerfully irresponsible; "carefree with his money"; "freewheeling urban youths"; "had a harum-scarum youth" [syn: carefree, freewheeling, happy-go-lucky, harum-scarum, slaphappy]
marked by a carefree unconventionality or disreputableness; "a cocktail party given by some...raffish bachelors"- Crary Moore [syn: raffish, rakish]
Wikipedia
Devil-May-Care is a 1929 American Pre-Code musical film with a Technicolor sequence of the Albertina Rasch Dancers, and released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer on 27 December 1929. The film was Ramon Novarro's talkie debut
The film is known by a variety of other names, including Battle of the Ladies (USA - working title), Der Leutnant des Kaisers (Austria), Der jüngste Leutnant (Germany), Il tenente di Napoleone (Italy) and O lohagos tis aftokratorikis frouras (Greece).
Usage examples of "devil-may-care".
Alex noted that Temith looked away from them and was careful to not meet their gaze, though Luken gave them a devil-may-care cheery salute from his sprawled position.
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He did not appear to Luis to be daunted, though some of the devil-may-care and dash in the set of his spine was gone.
Hawk ignored the warning with the devil-may-care attitude that was his wont where the lasses were concerned.
To the contagionist, filled as he is with the dread of final causes, having no faith in destiny nor in the fixed will of God, and with none of the devil-may-care indifference which might stand him instead of creeds - to such one, every rag that shivers in the breeze of a plague-stricken city has this sort of sublimity.
I ascended to the deck with the captain, and passing the word forward for all hands to come aft, I had a crew of most hardy and devil-may-care looking fellows around me in a trice, standing respectfully hats in hand.
The devil-may-care GarY Kozak showed up to operate the side scan sonar, an electronic instrument that records acoustic imagery of the sea bottom.
He also had the capacity, like any clown, of carrying an angry, determined man's spirit in a laughing, devil-may-care man's body.
Certainly Deymorin's ex-cohorts among the Guard, or the devil-may-care toadeaters he'd collected during his years on the town would not agree with that assessment.
He took a deep breath, quelling whatever trepidations he possessed, then gave Picard a devil-may-care grin.