Usually means: Reckless disregard for risks, consequences.
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We found 21 dictionaries that define the word devil-may-care:

General (19 matching dictionaries)
  1. devil-may-care: Merriam-Webster
  2. devil-may-care: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. devil-may-care: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. devil-may-care, devil-may-care: Collins English Dictionary
  5. devil-may-care: Vocabulary.com
  6. devil-may-care: Wordnik
  7. devil-may-care: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. devil-may-care: Wiktionary
  9. devil-may-care: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. devil-may-care: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. devil-may-care: Dictionary.com
  12. Devil-May-Care: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  13. devil-may-care: Rhymezone
  14. Devil-may-care: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  15. devil-may-care: FreeDictionary.org
  16. devil-may-care: Mnemonic Dictionary
  17. devil-may-care: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. devil-may-care: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. devil-may-care: Idioms

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▸ adjective:  Carefree, reckless, irresponsible.

Similar:
harum-scarum, happy-go-lucky, rakish, carefree, irresponsible, freewheeling, unconventional, raffish, slaphappy, daredevil, more...

Opposite:
cautious, careful, wary

Types:
nonchalant, indifferent, apathetic, unconcerned, more...

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Similar:
harum-scarum, happy-go-lucky, rakish, carefree, irresponsible, freewheeling, unconventional, raffish, slaphappy, daredevil, more...

Opposite:
cautious, careful, wary

Types:
nonchalant, indifferent, apathetic, unconcerned, more...



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