All 4 Uses of
apathy
in
Wuthering Heights
- I wish you could dismiss that apathy out of that countenance, and look rather more anxious about me.'†
p. 85.5
- 'What is that apathetic being doing?' she demanded, pushing the thick entangled locks from her wasted face.†
p. 87.7apathetic = without interest or enthusiasm
- The pettishness that might be caressed into fondness, had yielded to a listless apathy; there was less of the peevish temper of a child which frets and teases on purpose to be soothed, and more of the self-absorbed moroseness of a confirmed invalid, repelling consolation, and ready to regard the good-humoured mirth of others as an insult.†
p. 190.0
- ...pursuing my movements with apathetic eyes.
p. 202.7 *apathetic = uninterested
Definition:
lack of interest and enthusiasm