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 *
- 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
- They said good night hurriedly, for she was afraid of trouble when she got upstairs? though, in fact, Madame Williams seemed astonishingly indifferent to the hours Elizabeth kept? and he wanted to hurry back home and go to bed.†
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:
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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."