English-Thai Dictionary

lackadaisical

ADJ หมดอาลัยตายอยาก  ซึ่ง ไม่กระตือรือร้น  เซื่องซึม  ซึ่ง ไม่ ตั้งใจ  idle unambitious animated lively mod-ar-rai-tai-yak

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

LACKADAISICAL

Lack `a *dai "si *cal, a. Etym: [From Lackadaisy, interj. ]

 

Defn: Affectedly pensive; languidly sentimental. -- Lack `a *dai "si *cal *ly, adv.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

lackadaisical

lack a dai si cal |ˌlakəˈdāzikəl ˈˌlækəˈˌdeɪzɪkəl | ▶adjective lacking enthusiasm and determination; carelessly lazy: a lackadaisical defense left the Spurs adrift in the second half. DERIVATIVES lack a dai si cal ly adverb ORIGIN mid 18th cent. (also in the sense ‘feebly sentimental ’): from the archaic interjection lackaday, lackadaisy (see alack ) + -ical .

 

Oxford Dictionary

lackadaisical

lackadaisical |ˌlakəˈdeɪzɪk (ə )l | ▶adjective lacking enthusiasm and determination; carelessly lazy: a lackadaisical defence left Spurs adrift in the second half. DERIVATIVES lackadaisically adverb ORIGIN mid 18th cent. (also in the sense ‘feebly sentimental ’): from lackaday or its obsolete extended form lackadaisy .

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

lackadaisical

lackadaisical adjective I was lackadaisical about my training: lethargic, apathetic, listless, sluggish, spiritless, passionless; careless, lazy, lax, unenthusiastic, halfhearted, lukewarm, indifferent, unconcerned, casual, offhand, blasé, insouciant, relaxed; informal laid-back, easygoing, couldn't-care-less. ANTONYMS enthusiastic. WORD NOTE lackadaisical Lackadaisical is such a deliberate word that its use is nearly oxymoronic. No one ever uses lackadaisical carelessly or without thinking; it's always put in calculatedly and consciously. Insouciant is the same way —troubled to be untroubled. — EM Conversational, opinionated, and idiomatic, these Word Notes are an opportunity to see a working writer's perspective on a particular word or usage.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

lackadaisical

lackadaisical adjective I was lackadaisical about my training: careless, lazy, lax, unenthusiastic, half-hearted, uninterested, lukewarm, indifferent, uncaring, unconcerned, casual, offhand, blasé, insouciant, leisurely, relaxed; apathetic, languid, languorous, lethargic, limp, listless, sluggish, enervated, spiritless, aimless, bloodless, torpid, passionless, idle, indolent, shiftless, inert, impassive, feeble; informal laid back, couldn't-care-less, easy going, slap-happy; Brit. vulgar slang half-arsed; rare Laodicean, poco-curante. ANTONYMS enthusiastic, excited.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

lackadaisical

lack a dai si cal /læ̀kədéɪzɪk (ə )l /形容詞 ｟かたく ｠無関心な, やる気のない ; 無頓着な .