All 50 Uses of
indifferent
in
Of Human Bondage
- To show his indifference he struck up a violent friendship with a boy called Sharp whom he hated and despised.†
Chpt 19-20indifference = without interest
- It arrived at breakfast, Mr. Carey glanced at it indifferently, and passed it over to Philip.†
Chpt 19-20indifferently = in a manner that is without interest
- They sat on a bench, the three of them, for the others had gone on, and while the girls talked in rapid German, Philip, indifferent to their proximity, feasted his eyes.†
Chpt 21-22indifferent = without interest
- Or maybe he was tired out and waited only with indifference for the release of death.†
Chpt 25-26
- Cacilie took the change indifferently.†
Chpt 29-30indifferently = in a manner that is without interest
- The Vicar received him with his usual, not unamiable indifference.†
Chpt 31-32indifference = without interest
- It was incomprehensible that she should care so much for a man who was so indifferent, so selfish, so...
Chpt 39-40 *indifferent = without interest (to her)
- It was incomprehensible that she should care so much for a man who was so indifferent, so selfish, so grossly self-indulgent; and he divined dimly that in her heart she knew his indifference and his selfishness, knew them and loved him humbly all the same.†
Chpt 39-40indifference = without interest
- When Philip entered, the people in the studio had looked at him curiously, and the model gave him an indifferent glance, but now they ceased to pay attention to him.†
Chpt 39-40
- I respect and applaud your indifference to fine poetry when you can contemplate the meretricious charms of this young person.'†
Chpt 41-42
- Clutton did not answer, but looked at the master with his usual air of sardonic indifference to the world's opinion.†
Chpt 43-44
- She said, indifferently: "Yes, it's all right.†
Chpt 43-44indifferently = in a manner that is without interest
- Philip did his best to talk of indifferent things, and it seemed as though Miss Price were making an effort on her side to be agreeable; but the luncheon was not altogether a success.†
Chpt 43-44indifferent = without interest
- In the Rue Taitbout were the Concerts Rouge, where for seventy-five centimes they could hear excellent music and get into the bargain something which it was quite possible to drink: the seats were uncomfortable, the place was crowded, the air thick with caporal horrible to breathe, but in their young enthusiasm they were indifferent.†
Chpt 43-44
- Society tempts me to its service by honours and riches and the good opinion of my fellows; but I am indifferent to their good opinion, I despise honours and I can do very well without riches.'†
Chpt 45-46
- Flanagan and Potter went to Concarneau; Mrs. Otter and her mother, with a natural instinct for the obvious, went to Pont-Aven; Philip and Lawson made up their minds to go to the forest of Fontainebleau, and Miss Chalice knew of a very good hotel at Moret where there was lots of stuff to paint; it was near Paris, and neither Philip nor Lawson was indifferent to the railway fare.†
Chpt 47-48
- That always seems to me a little indifferent.'†
Chpt 51-52
- THAT uses the individual for its own ends, trampling upon him if he thwarts it, rewarding him with medals, pensions, honours, when he serves it faithfully; THIS, strong only in his independence, threads his way through the state, for convenience' sake, paying in money or service for certain benefits, but with no sense of obligation; and, indifferent to the rewards, asks only to be left alone.†
Chpt 53-54
- She used the clients whom she did not know with frigid insolence, and when she was talking to a friend was perfectly indifferent to the calls of the hurried.†
Chpt 55-56
- I'm really quite indifferent to the attitude of her verte brae,' replied Philip.†
Chpt 55-56
- If she had treated him with civility he would have been perfectly indifferent to her; but it was obvious that she disliked him rather than otherwise, and his pride was wounded.†
Chpt 55-56
- Suddenly he realised that what he did was a matter of complete indifference to her; he could go on in that way till doomsday, and it would have no effect.†
Chpt 55-56
- Her indifference maddened him.†
Chpt 57-58
- She looked at him with those indifferent eyes of hers.†
Chpt 57-58
- It would not be so hard to bear if he thought that she was suffering now, but he knew her too well: she was perfectly indifferent to him.†
Chpt 59-60
- He was very anxious to pretend he did not mind, and on their way back along The Embankment insisted on talking of indifferent things.†
Chpt 59-60
- She looked at him indifferently and then glanced up the road to see that no one was in sight.†
Chpt 59-60indifferently = in a manner that is without interest
- It's all very well to be jolly and amiable when you're indifferent to anyone.†
Chpt 61-62indifferent = without interest
- Sometimes he had tried to make her jealous by talking of adventures in Paris, but they did not interest her; once or twice he had sat at other tables in the tea-shop and affected to flirt with the waitress who attended them, but she was entirely indifferent.†
Chpt 61-62
- He never let himself be disturbed by her inattention, nor irritated by her indifference.†
Chpt 63-64
- He felt as one does in a serious illness when the vitality is so low that one is indifferent to the issue and wants only to be left alone.†
Chpt 63-64
- He was a little horrified by her feeling that her body was a commodity which she could deliver indifferently as an acknowledgment for services rendered.†
Chpt 71-72indifferently = in a manner that is without interest
- Mildred was not unkind to her baby; she did all that was necessary; it amused her sometimes, and she talked about it a good deal; but at heart she was indifferent to it.†
Chpt 73-74indifferent = without interest
- On the way back Griffiths talked gaily and seemed indifferent to the fact that Philip answered in monosyllables.†
Chpt 73-74
- When the silence grew oppressive Philip began to talk of indifferent things.†
Chpt 75-76
- Tomorrow,' she answered indifferently.†
Chpt 75-76indifferently = in a manner that is without interest
- He was casual with her, trying to make her think he was suddenly grown indifferent; and he exercised peculiar skill in saying little things which he knew would wound her; but which were so indefinite, so delicately cruel, that she could not take exception to them.†
Chpt 75-76indifferent = without interest
- Because Mildred was indifferent to him he had thought her sexless; her anaemic appearance and thin lips, the body with its narrow hips and flat chest, the languor of her manner, carried out his supposition; and yet she was capable of sudden passions which made her willing to risk everything to gratify them.†
Chpt 77-78
- He merely seemed to possess it because he was indifferent to many of the things which moved other people.†
Chpt 77-78
- He spoke with an indifference which he was satisfied with.†
Chpt 79-80
- The two stood for a minute or two, crying silently, and then the older, forgetting the indifferent crowd that watched them, went up to her, took her in her arms, and rocked her gently to and fro as if she were a baby.†
Chpt 81-82
- It was manifold and various; there were tears and laughter, happiness and woe; it was tedious and interesting and indifferent; it was as you saw it: it was tumultuous and passionate; it was grave; it was sad and comic; it was trivial; it was simple and complex; joy was there and despair; the love of mothers for their children, and of men for women; lust trailed itself through the rooms with leaden feet, punishing the guilty and the innocent, helpless wives and wretched children; drink seized men and women and cost its inevitable price; death sighed in these rooms; and the beginning of life, filling some poor girl with terror and shame, was diagnosed there.†
Chpt 81-82
- Remember that I am indifferent to discomforts which would harass other folk.†
Chpt 83-84
- He wondered why he could not take his deformity with that philosophic indifference.†
Chpt 83-84
- He forced himself to appear indifferent.†
Chpt 83-84
- She goes about her business indifferent to wars, revolutions, and cataclysms.†
Chpt 89-90
- He remembered how passionately he had loved her, and he wondered why now he was entirely indifferent to her.†
Chpt 93-94
- Philip was exasperated by Mildred's stupidity; but he was so indifferent to her now that it was only at times she made him angry.†
Chpt 95-96
- He thought of Hayward and his eager admiration for him when first they met, and how disillusion had come and then indifference, till nothing held them together but habit and old memories.†
Chpt 105-106
- Some lives, and Hayward's was among them, the blind indifference of chance cut off while the design was still imperfect; and then the solace was comfortable that it did not matter; other lives, such as Cronshaw's, offered a pattern which was difficult to follow, the point of view had to be shifted and old standards had to be altered before one could understand that such a life was its own justification.†
Chpt 105-106
Definition:
without interest
in 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."