indifference

Roget category 866

6. Words relating to the sentient and moral
› 6.2. Personal affections
›› 6.2.3. Prospective affections

#866. Indifference

noun

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^†.

verb

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.

adjective

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.

adverb

for aught one cares.

interjection

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

phrase

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

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