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degage definition

degage


 
  Overview  of  adj  degage 
 
  The  adj  degage  has  2  senses  (no  senses  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  degage  --  (free  and  relaxed  in  manner;  "rather  degage  after  the  nervousness  he  had  shown  at  dinner"-  Edmund  Wilson) 
  2.  degage,  detached,  uninvolved  --  (showing  lack  of  emotional  involvement;  "adopted  a  degage  pose  on  the  arm  of  the  easy  chair"-  J.S.Perelman;  "she  may  be  detached  or  even  unfeeling  but  at  least  she's  not  hypocritically  effusive";  "an  uninvolved  bystander") 
 
  Antonyms  of  adj  degage 
 
  2  senses  of  degage 
 
  Sense  1 
  degage 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  relaxed)  ->  tense 
 
  Sense  2 
  degage,  detached,  uninvolved 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  unconcerned)  ->  concerned 
 
  Similarity  of  adj  degage 
 
  2  senses  of  degage 
 
  Sense  1 
  degage 
  =>  relaxed  (vs.  tense),  at  ease 
 
  Sense  2 
  degage,  detached,  uninvolved 
  =>  unconcerned  (vs.  concerned) 
 
  Attributes  of  adj  degage 
 
 
  Familiarity  of  adj  degage 
 
  degage  used  as  an  adjective  is  rare  (polysemy  count  =  2) 
 
  Grep  of  adj  degage 
  degage 
 
  Overview  of  adj  degage 
 
  The  adj  degage  has  2  senses  (no  senses  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  degage  --  (free  and  relaxed  in  manner;  "rather  degage  after  the  nervousness  he  had  shown  at  dinner"-  Edmund  Wilson) 
  2.  degage,  detached,  uninvolved  --  (showing  lack  of  emotional  involvement;  "adopted  a  degage  pose  on  the  arm  of  the  easy  chair"-  J.S.Perelman;  "she  may  be  detached  or  even  unfeeling  but  at  least  she's  not  hypocritically  effusive";  "an  uninvolved  bystander") 



degage definition