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Roget's Thesaurus

#866. Indifference

Nouns

indifference, neutrality; coldness etc. adj.; anaphrodisia; unconcern, insouciance, nonchalance; want of interest, want of earnestness; anorexy, anorexia, inappetency; apathy etc. (insensibility) 823; supineness etc. (inactivity) 683; disdain etc. 930; recklessness etc. 863; inattention etc. 458. anaphrodisiac, antaphrodisiac; lust-quencher, passion-queller.

Verbs

be indifferent etc. adj.; stand neuter; take no interest in etc. (insensibility) 823; have no desire for etc. 865, have no taste for, have no relish for; not care for; care nothing for, care nothing about; not care a straw about, not care a fig for, not care a whit about etc. (unimportance) 643; not mind. set at naught etc. (make light of) 483; spurn etc. (disdain) 930.

Adjectives

indifferent, cold, frigid, lukewarm; cool, cool as a cucumber; unconcerned, insouciant, phlegmatic, pococurante, easygoing, devil-may-care, careless, listless, lackadaisical; half-hearted; unambitious, unaspiring, undesirous, unsolicitous, unattracted. [indifferent toward people] aloof, unapproachable, remote; uncaring. unattractive, unalluring, undesired, undesirable, uncared for, unwished, unvalued, all one to. insipid etc. 391; vain.

Adverbs

for aught one cares.

Interjections

never mind; Who cares?, whatever you like, whatever.

Phrases

I couldn't care less, I could care less; anything will do; es macht nichts [G.].


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