All 8 Uses of
indifferent
in
Lonesome Dove
- If she ever got a chance she would kill the man, in revenge for all the painful hours she had spent watching his indifferent back.†
Chpt 48-49
- He tried to get the other boys to wait on him--in his state he could have been easily robbed and beaten, as he pointed out--but his companions were indifferent to his fate.†
Chpt 58-59
- Lorena's indifference pained him more than anything he had ever experienced.†
Chpt 77-78
- Augustus rode through the storm with a certain indifference, thinking of the two women he had just left.†
Chpt 89-90
- He had seen many men die of wounds, and had watched the turning of their spirits from active desire to live to indifference.
Chpt 95-96 *indifference = lack of concern
- With a bad wound, the moment indifference took over, life began to subside.†
Chpt 95-96
- Call had never taken to the man--Goodnight was indifferent to authority, or at least unlikely to put any above his own--but he could not deny that the man had uncommon ability.†
Chpt 101-102
- Blue Duck himself seemed indifferent to the furor outside.†
Chpt 101-102
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."