![Blasé is from French, and it means to be bored and unexcited about something or to want people to think you feel that way.](https://www.artisanenglish.jp/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/ArtisanEnglish.jp-blase-e1548838215762.jpg)
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WotD: Blasé (blah zey)
Have you ever had one of those days when you can’t get excited about anything?
Your mom cooked your favourite meal, but you are blasé about that.
Your favourite movie is on TV, and you feel the same.
Blasé is, of course, from French, and it means to be bored and unexcited about something or to want people to think you are bored and unexcited about something.
Imagine that you have had a great big fight with your wife.
For three days, neither of you talked to the other.
Your house has so much tension that it feels like something will explode.
Then, your wife comes home from work with a bottle of your favourite whiskey.
You want to open the bottle and enjoy that smoky, oak-tinged flavour.
However, you put on a blasé expression and take a bath instead.
Flesch-Kincaid Readability Test
This post is understandable by someone with at least a 6th-grade education (age 11).
On the Flesch-Kincaid reading-ease test, this post scores 81.
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