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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (2)

1. cheerfully irresponsible;
- Example: "carefree with his money"
- Example: "freewheeling urban youths"
- Example: "had a harum-scarum youth"
[syn: carefree, devil-may-care, freewheeling, happy-go-lucky, harum-scarum, slaphappy]

2. marked by a carefree unconventionality or disreputableness;
- Example: "a cocktail party given by some...raffish bachelors"- Crary Moore
[syn: devil-may-care, raffish, rakish]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

devil-may-care \devil-may-care\ adj.
   1. cheerfully irresponsible.

   Syn: carefree, happy-go-lucky, harum-scarum, slaphappy.
        [WordNet 1.5]

   2. marked by a carefree unconventionality or
      disreputableness.

   Syn: raffish, rakish.
        [WordNet 1.5]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

devil-may-care
    adj 1: cheerfully irresponsible; "carefree with his money";
           "freewheeling urban youths"; "had a harum-scarum youth"
           [syn: carefree, devil-may-care, freewheeling,
           happy-go-lucky, harum-scarum, slaphappy]
    2: marked by a carefree unconventionality or disreputableness;
       "a cocktail party given by some...raffish bachelors"- Crary
       Moore [syn: devil-may-care, raffish, rakish]