All 12 Uses of
indifferent
in
Rebecca
- They made indifferent sentinels, for in many places their ranks had been broken by the rhubarb plant, and they lay with crumpled heads and listless stems, making a pathway for the rabbits.†
Chpt 1
- His premonition of disaster was correct from the beginning; and like a ranting actress in an indifferent play, I might say that we have paid for freedom.†
Chpt 2
- our little hotel is dull, and the food indifferent,
Chpt 2 *indifferent = not especially good (without interest)
- Sometimes old copies of the Field come my way, and I am transported from this indifferent island to the realities of an English spring.†
Chpt 2
- While Jasper, his spaniel ears a-droop, feigns indifference to the arrival of the cakes.†
Chpt 2
- It was the same at the Cote d'Azur, though to a lesser degree, and sometimes the studied indifference turned to familiarity, smirking and offensive, which made buying stamps from the reception clerk an ordeal I would avoid.†
Chpt 2
- He bowed and smiled — a total change from his usual attitude of indifference — picked up my handkerchief that had fallen on the floor, and hoped 'mademoiselle had enjoyed her lunch'.†
Chpt 4
- 'You can take it and read it if you like,' he said, his voice casual and indifferent now that the drive was over, and we were back again, and Manderley was many hundreds of miles distant.†
Chpt 4
- Swiftly we covered the ground, far too swiftly, I thought, far too easily, and the callous countryside watched us with indifference.†
Chpt 5
- My indifference to her turned to hatred.†
Chpt 6
- I watched him read his letters, saw him frown at one, smile at another, dismiss the next with no expression, and but for the grace of God I thought, my letter would be lying there, written from New York, and he would read it in the same indifferent fashion, puzzled at first perhaps by the signature, and then tossing it with a yawn to the pile of others in the basket, reaching for his cup of tea.†
Chpt 7
- And as I wrote, in halting, laboured fashion, saying I hoped the voyage had been good, that she had found her daughter better, that the weather in New York was fine and warm, I noticed for the first time how cramped and unformed was my own handwriting; without individuality, without style, uneducated even, the writing of an indifferent pupil taught in a second-rate school.†
Chpt 8
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."