All 8 Uses of
indifferent
in
Gone with the Wind
- Behind the shabby doors of the old houses, poverty and hunger lived—all the more bitter for the brave gentility with which they were borne, all the more pinching for the outward show of proud indifference to material wants.†
Chpt 4.37 *
- They were brief quarrels, short lived because it was impossible to keep a quarrel going with Rhett, who remained coolly indifferent to her hot words and waited his chance to pink her in an unguarded spot.†
Chpt 5.49
- So she swallowed her wrath with poor grace and pretended indifference.†
Chpt 5.49
- It's a matter of supreme indifference to me whether you come or not," said Scarlett, putting on her bonnet and going home in a huff.†
Chpt 5.49
- In the weeks that followed her first party, Scarlett was hard put to keep up her pretense of supreme indifference to public opinion.†
Chpt 5.49
- After a miserable while, Scarlett's pretended indifference gave way to the real thing.†
Chpt 5.49
- Contemplating the suave indifference with which he generally treated her, Scarlett frequently wondered, but with no real curiosity, why he had married her.†
Chpt 5.50
- She maintained an air of cool indifference that could speedily change to icy formality if anyone even dared hint about the matter.†
Chpt 5.55
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."