Vocabulary
Nonchalant
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
(of a person or manner) feeling or appearing casually calm and relaxed; not displaying anxiety, interest, or enthusiasm.
Urdu meaning
غیر جذباتی، سردمہری
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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- They can see how the nonchalant bedside visit and the placement of the stethoscope through the clothing away from the heart contrast with a skilful, diligent examination.
- For his part, President Donald Trump acted nonchalant and went off to play golf with the visiting Saudis.
- For his part, President Donald Trump acted nonchalant and went off to play golf with the visiting Saudis.
- I like Kunal even more for his occasional off-key singing and nonchalant attempts to lyricise sans rhyme or meter stories of vile events and turncoat politicians.
- I always hear such nonchalant statements in my work as `oh, his father has major anger problems`, or `anger has run in our family forever`.
Synonyms
calm, cool, unconcerned, collected, and collected, cool as a cucumber
Antonyms
anxious, concerned
Curator example
“she gave a nonchalant shrug”
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Urdu equivalents where we have them, word relations, and—when generated—real lines from the editorial archive
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