Apathetic
[æpə'θetɪk] or [,æpə'θɛtɪk]
Definition
(adj.) marked by a lack of interest; 'an apathetic audience'; 'the universe is neither hostile nor friendly; it is simply indifferent' .
(adj.) showing little or no emotion or animation; 'a woman who became active rather than apathetic as she grew older' .
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Definition
(a.) Alt. of Apathetical
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Unfeeling, passionless, impassible, impassive, Platonic, stoical, unimpressible, unsusceptible, insensible, senseless, soulless, phlegmatic, dull, obtuse, cold, sluggish, torpid, tame, lukewarm, indifferent, callous, dead, cold-blooded, without sensibility, destitute of feeling.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Unfeeling, stoical, cold, frigid, indifferent, impassive, insensible,insensitive
ANT:Anxious, careful, sympathetic, sensitive, susceptible
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Examples
- There may be apathetic exhaustion after the rack. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- When her husband was rude to her she was apathetic: whenever he struck her she cried. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Eustacia's manner had become of late almost apathetic. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Of course, a great many accounts were written and read, but while genuine interest was aroused it was necessarily apathetic. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
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