All 13 Uses of
indifferent
in
The Picture of Dorian Gray - 20 chapter version
- They live as we all should live, undisturbed, indifferent, and without disquiet.†
Chpt 1
- You like everyone; that is to say, you are indifferent to everyone.†
Chpt 1
- The next time he calls, you will be perfectly cold and indifferent.
Chpt 1 *indifferent = without interest
- He looked pale, and proud, and indifferent.†
Chpt 7
- But she would have soon found out that you were absolutely indifferent to her.†
Chpt 8
- Or was it indifferent to results?†
Chpt 8
- After all, his indifference was probably merely a mood that would pass away.†
Chpt 9
- …possess that element of strangeness that is so essential to romance, he would often adopt certain modes of thought that he knew to be really alien to his nature, abandon himself to their subtle influences, and then, having, as it were, caught their colour and satisfied his intellectual curiosity, leave them with that curious indifference that is not incompatible with a real ardour of temperament, and that indeed, according to certain modern psychologists, is often a condition of it.†
Chpt 11
- Don't be so indifferent.†
Chpt 12
- I am simply indifferent to the whole thing.†
Chpt 14
- "How long will your experiment take, Alan?" he said, in a calm, indifferent voice.†
Chpt 14
- CHAPTER XVIII The next day he did not leave the house, and, indeed, spent most of the time in his own room, sick with a wild terror of dying, and yet indifferent to life itself.†
Chpt 18
- He was dominated by the carelessness of happiness, by the high indifference of joy.†
Chpt 18
Definition:
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(indifferent) without interestin various senses, including:
- unconcerned -- as in "She is indifferent to what is served to eat."
- unsympathetic -- as in "She is indifferent to his needs."
- not of good quality (which may imply average or poor quality depending upon context) -- as in "an indifferent performance"
- impartial -- as in "We need a judge who is indifferent."