All 11 Uses of
indifferent
in
The Picture of Dorian Gray - 13 chapter version
- They live as we all should live, undisturbed, indifferent, and without disquiet.†
Chpt 1
- You like every one; that is to say, you are indifferent to every one.†
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 5
- But she would have soon found out that you were absolutely indifferent to her.†
Chpt 6
- Or was it indifferent to results?†
Chpt 6
- After all, his indifference was probably merely a mood that would pass away.†
Chpt 7
- …and 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 color and satisfied his intellectual curiosity, leave them with that curious indifference that is not incompatible with a real ardor of temperament, and that indeed, according to certain modern psychologists, is often a condition of it.†
Chpt 9
- Don't be so indifferent.†
Chpt 10
- I am simply indifferent to the whole thing.†
Chpt 12
- "How long will your experiment take, Alan?" he said, in a calm, indifferent voice.†
Chpt 12
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."