All 6 Uses of
indifferent
in
Go Tell It on the Mountain
- Then she shrugged, the mildest, most indifferent gesture he had ever seen, and smiled.†
Chpt 2.2 *indifferent = without interest
- He moved exactly like a cat, perpetually on the balls of his feet, and with a cat's impressive, indifferent aloofness, his face closed, in his eyes no light at all.†
Chpt 2.3
- When, as someone entered, he said good morning, or good day, he said it barely looking up, and with an indifference that fell just short of insolence.†
Chpt 2.3
- though, in fact, Madame Williams seemed astonishingly indifferent to the hours Elizabeth kept?†
Chpt 2.3
- She had been terribly grateful that summer for Madame Williams's indifference; the woman had simply not seemed to see that Elizabeth, overnight, had become an old woman and was half mad with fear and grief.†
Chpt 2.3
- Time was indifferent, like snow and ice; but the heart, crazed wanderer in the driving waste, carried the curse forever.†
Chpt 3.1
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."