All 4 Uses of
apathy
in
The House of Mirth
- She sank into a kind of furious apathy, a state of inert anger against fate.†
Chpt 1.3
- She stirred suddenly, broke from her apathy, and clung to Gerty in a fresh burst of fear.†
Chpt 1.14
- It left him, collapsed and breathing heavily, to an apathy so deep and prolonged that Lily almost feared the passers-by would think it the result of a seizure, and stop to offer their aid.
Chpt 2.2 *apathy = lack of interest and energy
- Five minutes' talk sufficed to show that some alien influence had been at work, and that it had not so much subdued his resentment as weakened his will, so that he moved under it in a state of apathy, like a dangerous lunatic who has been drugged.†
Chpt 2.3
Definition:
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(apathy) lack of interest and enthusiasm