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Definition: Indifferent |
IndifferentAdjective1. Marked by a lack of interest; "an apathetic audience"; "the universe is neither hostile nor friendly; it is simply indifferent". 2. Showing no care or concern in attitude or action; "indifferent to the sufferings of others"; "indifferent to her plea". 3. (usually followed by `to') unwilling or refusing to pay heed; "deaf to her warnings". 4. Lacking importance; not mattering one way or the other; often followed by "to"; "whether you choose to do it or not is a matter that is quite immaterial (or indifferent)"; "what others think is altogether indifferent to him". 5. Fairly poor to not very good; "has an indifferent singing voice"; "has indifferent qualifications for the job". 6. (chemistry) having only a limited ability to react chemically; not active; "inert matter"; "an indifferent chemical in a reaction". 7. Marked by no especial liking or dislike or preference for one thing over another; "indifferent about which book you would give them"; "was indifferent to their acceptance or rejection of her invitation". 8. Characterized by a lack of partiality; "a properly indifferent jury"; "an unbiased account of her family problems". 9. Neither good nor bad; "an indifferent performance"; "a gifted painter but an indifferent actor"; "her work at the office is passable"; "a so-so golfer"; "feeling only so-so"; "prepared a tolerable dinner"; "a tolerable working knowledge of French". 10. : neither too great nor too little; "a couple of indifferent hills to climb". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "indifferent" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references) |
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Satire | INDIFFERENT, adj. Imperfectly sensible to distinctions among things. "You tiresome man!" cried Indolentio's wife, "You've grown indifferent to all in life." "Indifferent?" he drawled with a slow smile; "I would be, dear, but it is not worth while." Apuleius M. Gokul. Source: Devil's Dictionary. |
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Synonyms: IndifferentSynonyms: apathetic (adj), deaf(p) (adj), immaterial (adj), indifferent(p) (adj), inert (adj), neutral (adj), passable (adj), so-so(p) (adj), tolerable (adj), unbiased (adj), unbiassed (adj). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Absence of Choice | Adjective: neutral, neuter; indifferent, uninterested; undecided; (irresolute). |
Imperfection | Indifferent, middling, ordinary, mediocre; average; so-so; coucicouci, milk and water; tolerable, fair, passable; pretty well, pretty good; rather good, moderately good; good; good enough, well enough, adequate; decent; not bad, not amiss; inobjectionable, unobjectionable, admissible, bearable, only better than nothing. |
Inattention | Adjective: inattentive; unobservant, unmindful, heedless, unthinking, unheeding, undiscerning; inadvertent; mindless, regardless, respectless, listless; (indifferent); blind, deaf; bird-witted; hand over head; cursory, percursory; giddy-brained, scatter-brained, hare-brained; unreflective, unreflecting, ecervele; offhand; dizzy, muzzy, brainsick; giddy, giddy as a goose; wild, harum-scarum, rantipole, highflying; heedless, careless; (neglectful). |
Incuriosity | Adjective: incurious, uninquisitive, indifferent; impassive; uninterested, detached, aloof. |
Indifference | Verb: be indifferent; Adjective: stand neuter; take no interest in; (insensibility); have no desire for;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; (unimportance); not mind. |
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. | |
Inexpedience | Vile, base, villainous; mean; (paltry); injured; deteriorated; unsatisfactory, exceptionable indifferent; below par; (imperfect); illcontrived, ill-conditioned; wretched, sad, grievous, deplorable, lamentable; pitiful, pitiable, woeful; (painful). |
Insensibility | Indifferent, lukewarm; careless, mindless, regardless; inattentive; neglectful; disregarding. |
Neglect | Supine; (inactive); inattentive; insouciant; (indifferent); imprudent, reckless; slovenly; (disorderly), (dirty); inexact; (erroneous); improvident. |
Unimportance | Adjective: unimportant; of little account, of small account, of no account, of little importance, of no importance; immaterial; unessential, nonessential; indifferent. |
Unwillingness | Adjective: unwilling; not in the vein, loth, loath, shy of, disinclined, indisposed, averse, reluctant, not content; adverse; (opposed); laggard, backward, remiss, slack, slow to; indifferent; scrupulous; squeamish; (fastidious); repugnant; (dislike); restiff, restive; demurring; Verb: unconsenting; (refusing); involuntary. |
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Screenplays | I'm indifferent to 'em. (20,000 Leagues Under the Sea; writing credit: Jules Verne; Earl Felton) Joel, the concept of random death in an indifferent world is one thing, but to e the instrument of that death (Northern Exposure; writing credit: Khadijah Hashim) Which is not to say that I'm indifferent or I don't care, I do. It simple means that I trust and accept your judgment (Leaving Las Vegas; writing credit: Mike Figgis) As for women, I became indifferent when I was eighty-three (The Magnificent Seven; writing credit: William Roberts; Walter Newman) it is only we, with our capacity to love that give meaning to the indifferent universe (Crimes and Misdemeanors; writing credit: Woody Allen) | |
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 | Cinema; nonchalant; airy; aloof; apathetic; blase; calm; careless; casual; cold; collected; composed; cool; detached; disimpassioned; disinterested; dispassionate; easy; effortless; frigid; happy; impassive; imperturbable; incurious; indifferent; insoucia. |
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Epictetus | The materials are indifferent, but the use we make of them is not a matter of indifference. |
Friedrich Nietzsche | Even today a crude sort of persecution is all that is required to create an honorable name for any sect, no matter how indifferent in itself. |
Heinrich Heine | While we are indifferent to our good qualities, we keep on deceiving ourselves in regard to our faults, until we come to look on them as virtues. |
Karl Marx | The mutual and universal dependence of individuals who remain indifferent to one another constitutes the social network that binds them together. |
Nadine Gordimer | The gap between the committed and the indifferent is a Sahara whose faint trails, followed by the mind's eye only, fade out in sand. |
Tryon Edwards | Abuse of any one generally shows that he has marked traits of character. The stupid and indifferent are passed by in silence. |
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John Locke | 1690 | So the thing be understood, I am indifferent as to the name. (Second Treatise of Government) |
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Emma | Austen, Jane | God knows, I have been a very indifferent lover |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | This indifferent play on words had the effect of a stone thrown into a pool |
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man | Joyce, James | The chaos in which his ardour extinguished itself was a cold indifferent knowledge of himself |
Walden | Thoreau, Henry David | Any prospect of awakening or coming to life to a dead man makes indifferent all times and places |
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Health | Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a progressive, neurodegenerative disease characterized by memory loss, language deterioration, impaired visuospatial skills, poor judgment, indifferent attitude, but preserved motor function. (references) | |
Initiation of a national survey to assemble the basic facts about the manner and extent of ECT use, as well as studies of patient attitudes and responses to ECT. Better understanding of negative, positive, and indifferent responses should result in improved treatment practices. (references) | ||
Economic History | Australia | Business tax reform however, has been the subject of on-going review and legislative wrangling since 1998, and progress has been slow due to the complexity of the issues and sometimes, indifferent support from business. (references) |
Human Rights | Armenia | Officials reportedly were indifferent to the welfare of the prisoners. (references) |
Political Economy | HONDURAS | Labor leaders criticize the Ministry for not enforcing the labor code, for taking too long to make decisions, and for being timid and indifferent to workers' needs. (references) |
Worker Rights | Honduras | They criticize the Ministry of Labor for not enforcing the Labor Code, for taking too long to make decisions, and for being timid and indifferent to workers' needs. (references) |
Sri Lanka | Workers have the statutory right to remove themselves from situations that endanger their health, but many workers are unaware of, or indifferent to, health risks, and fear that they would lose their jobs if they removed themselves. (references) | |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | IMPROBABILITY, n. His tale he told with a solemn face And a tender, melancholy grace. Improbable 'twas, no doubt, When you came to think it out, But the fascinated crowd Their deep surprise avowed And all with a single voice averred 'Twas the most amazing thing they'd heard -- All save one who spake never a word, But sat as mum As if deaf and dumb, Serene, indifferent and unstirred. Then all the others turned to him And scrutinized him limb from limb -- Scanned him alive; But he seemed to thrive And tranquiler grow each minute, As if there were nothing in it. "What! what!" cried one, "are you not amazed At what our friend has told?" He raised Soberly then his eyes and gazed In a natural way And proceeded to say, As he crossed his feet on the mantel-shelf: "O no -- not at all; I'm a liar myself." |
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Dennis Miller | The only thing more indifferent to human suffering than Mother Nature is a mid-market television reporter looking to go national. |
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John Adams | 1797-1801 | A man must be indifferent to the sneers of modern English men, to mention in their company the names of Sidney, Harrington, Locke, Milton, Nedham, Neville, Burnet, and Hoadly. |
Andrew Jackson | 1829-1837 | By this means they have not only been kept in a wandering state, but been led to look upon us as unjust and indifferent to their fate. |
Woodrow Wilson | 1913-1921 | To be indifferent to it, or independent of it, was out of the question. |
John F. Kennedy | 1961-1963 | President, I should like to say clearly once more that we could not remain indifferent to this. |
Lyndon B. Johnson | 1963-1969 | We are prepared to live as good neighbors with all, but we cannot be indifferent to acts designed to injure our interests, or our citizens, or our establishments abroad. |
Jimmy Carter | 1977-1981 | Because we are free we can never be indifferent to the fate of freedom elsewhere. |
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| "Indifferent" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Indifferent" is used about 618 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 100% | 618 | 10,454 |
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Expressions using "indifferent": be indifferent ♦ be indifferent to ♦ Indifferent tissue ♦ indifferent to. Additional references. | |
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Ending with "indifferent": gender-indifferent. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
indifferent | 11 |
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| Language | Translations for "indifferent"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | indiferent (impervious, languid, pococurante), i parëndësishëm (dispensable, exiguous, immaterial, inconsequential, inessential, insignificant, light, minor, minute, negligible, nugatory, one horse, paltry, petty, piddling, puny, small, small time, tenuous, tin, trivial, unessential, unimportant), i paanshëm (candid, dispassionate, equitable, even handed, fair, impartial, neuter, unbiased, unprejudiced), mospërfillës (cavalier, defiant, disdainful, flippant, impervious, languid, neglectful, negligent, nonchalant, snooty, uninterested, unsympathetic), moskokëçarës (inobservant, light, negligent, nonchalant, reckless, unsympathetic). (various references) | |
Arabic | فاتر (apathetic, chilly, cold, cool, disinterested, dispassionate, dull, frigid, half hearted, languid, listless, lukewarm, slack, spiritless, stagnant, tepid, unenthusiastic, unfriendly), محايد (live fence, neuter, neutral), لامبال (apathetic, careless, cold-hearted, disinterested, insouciant, nonchalant, perfunctory, unconcerned, uninterested), وسط ليس بالجيد ولا رديء, حيادي (colorless, colourless, neuter, neutral), غير مكترث (nonchalant, not aware, not to care a hanging, tardy), غير متحيز (candid, colorless, colourless, detached, impartial, just, unprejudiced), غير مبال (incurious), دون الوسط (bushleague, ropy, second rate). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | среден (average, intermediary, intermediate, mean, medial, median, medium, mesial, mid, middle, middlemost, middle-of-the-road, middling, moderate, neutral, run of the mill), равнодушен (apathetic, apathetical, careless, cold, cold blooded, insensible, listless, lukewarm, nonchalant, pococurante, unconcerned, unmoved, vacant), неутрален (middle-of-the-road, mugwump, neuter, neutral), недиференциран, безучастен (cool, impersonal, passive, unconcerned, unimpressed, vacant), безразличен (colorless, colourless, disinterested, frigid, incurious, insensible, lukewarm, neutral, poppied, stony, tepid, unimpressed, uninterested, unmoved, untouched), безпристрастен (clinical, detached, dispassionate, equitable, even, even handed, fair, immovable, impartial, impersonal, judicial, non-partisan, objective, unbiased, unprejudiced), посредствен (inferior, mean, mediocre, middling, moderate, ordinary, potty, run of the mill, second rate, tame, tatty, undistinguished). (various references) | |
Chinese | 無關緊要 (insignificant), 淡 (diluted, fresh, insipid, light in color, nitrogen, tasteless, weak), 恝 , 冷漠 (indifference), 冷淡 (cold). (various references) | |
Czech | nevalný, neteèný (apathetic, impassive, indolent, inert, lackadaisical, lethargic, passive, phlegmatic, sleepy, sluggish, supine), lhostejný (apathetic, casual, cold, coldly, detached, impassive, impervious, insensible, lackadaisical, neglectful, negligent, nonchalant, phlegmatic, unconcerned, uninterested, unsympathetic). (various references) | |
Danish | indifferente stoffer (indifferent medicaments), indifferente midler (indifferent medicaments), indifferent ligevægt (indifferent equilibrium), kønskirtel (genital gland, gonad, indifferent gonad), gonade (gonad, gonidia, indifferent gonad). (various references) | |
Dutch | onverschillig (immaterial), lauw (dispassionately, immaterial, lukewarm). (various references) | |
Esperanto | indiferenta (immaterial). (various references) | |
Faeroese | líkasælur (apathetic, immaterial). (various references) | |
Finnish | välinpitämätön (negligent, perfunctory, unconcerned, uninterested), laimea (dull, languid, lukewarm, slack, weak). (various references) | |
French | indifférent (insensible, insouciant). (various references) | |
German | gleichgültig (apathetic, casual, dry, immaterial, indifferently, languorous, nonchalant, nonchalantly, supine, trivial, uncaring, unconcerned, unconcernedly, unheeding, unimportant, uninterested, unresponsive), indifferent (immaterial, inactive, inert, rare), abgestumpft (blunted, deadened, dulled, insensitive, jaded, truncated). (various references) | |
Greek | αδιάφοροσ (blasι, dead to, incurious, lackadaisical, listless, lukewarm, nonchalant, unconcerned, uninterested). (various references) | |
Hebrew | לא אכפתי (careless, heedless), שויוני (egalitarian), שוה נפש (supine, unconcerned), אדיש (apathetic, inactive, inert, lackadaisical, listless, sluggish, torpid, unconcerned). (various references) | |
Hungarian | közömbös (cool, dry eyed, impassible, impassive, incurious, inert, lackadaisical, listless, lukewarm, neglectful, neutral, third party, third person). (various references) | |
Indonesian | tak tertarik (uninterested), lalai (absent-minded, careless, dilatory, neglectful, remiss, untidy), cuek (ignorant), biasa saja, ancak-ancak (causal, nonchalant). (various references) | |
Italian | insensibile (callous, coldhearted, dead, hard-hearted, heartless, heartlessly, imperceptible, insensible, insensitive, loveless, thick skinned, thick-skinned, unfeeling, ungiving, unkind, unkindly), indifferente (apathetic, apathetical, blasé, callous, cold, cold-hearted, cool, half hearted, immaterial, impassible, listless, lukewarm, nonchalant, unconcerned, uninterested), noncurante (airy, careless, casual, irrespective, negligent), neutrale (neuter, neutral), mediocre (bush league, mean, mediocre, middling, moderate, ordinary, poor, second rate), apàtico. (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 淡白 (candid, frank, ingenuous, light, plain, simple). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | たんたんたる (unconcerned), たんぱく (candid, egg white, frank, ingenuous, light, plain, protein, simple), きのない (dispirited, half-hearted), ひややか (chilly, cold, cold-hearted, composed, cool, curt, surly), ふうばぎゅう, むかんしん (apathetic), むとんじゃく (do not care about), むとんちゃく (do not care about). (various references) | |
Korean | 무관심한 (insouciant). (various references) | |
Manx | neuhymoil, neufoaysagh, feayr-chooishagh (apathetic, frigid, impassive, imperturbable, languid, phlegmatic, self-possessed, unfeeling). (various references) | |
Norwegian | middelmådig, likegyldig. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | indifferentay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | indiferente (aloof, callous, chill, chilly, chippy, cool, devil-may-care, freezing, frigid, frosty, immaterial, impassible, incurious, insensitive, laodicean, listless, lukewarm, negligent, nonchalant, passive, pococurante, reckless, regardless, supine, unconcern, unconcerned, uninterested, unresponsive). (various references) | |
Romanian | inert (dull, inactive, inanimate, inert, inertly, lazy, nerveless, passive, sluggish), indiferent (all one, all the same, anywhere, apathetic, apathetical, careless, chill, cool, dull, impassive, indifferently, inhuman, insensible, insensitive, lackadaisical, languid, listless, nonchalant, numb, perfunctory, phlegmatic, pococurante, reckless, remiss, slack, slow, sluggish, stolid, unconcerned, unimportant, unmoved), nici bun nici rãu (neither good nor bad), neutru (neuter, neutral, non committal), nepãsãtor (airily, apathetic, apathetical, apathetically, careless, casual, devil may care, easy going, happy go lucky, heedless, impassible, impassive, inconsiderate, incurious, indolent, insensible, insouciant, jaunty, lackadaisical, listless, neglectful, negligent, nonchalant, reckless, regardless, remiss, slack, slow, stolid, thoughtless, unmoved), nediferenţiat, neînsemnat (cheap, fractional, immaterial, inconsequent, inconsiderable, insignificant, irrelevant, light, little, minor, modest, negligeable, negligible, paltry, peddling, petty, piddling, piffling, slender, slight, small, trifling, trivial), mediocru (mediocre, middling, moderate, second rate, unpretending), fãrã valoare (cheap, frothy, good for nothing, halfpenny, mean, measly, odd trifles, pale, piffling, simple, threepenny, trashy, trivial, trumpery, useless, void, worthless), care te lasã rece, banal (banal, cheap, commonplace, daily, dusty, everyday, hackneyed, humdrum, indistinctive, insipid, mediocre, puerile, small, threadbare, trite, trivial, unimaginative), apatic (apathetic, apathetical, apathetically, indolently, insensible, lackadaisical, lackadaisically, languid, languidly, listless, moony, sleepy, sluggish, supine, tardy, torpid). (various references) | |
Russian | безразличный (apathetic, apathetical, disinterested, frigid, indolent, laodicean, listless, lukewarm, uninterested). (various references) | |
Scottish | meadhonach (middling), coma (regardless : coma-co-dhiùbh), coingeis (independent), coimseach. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | sporedan (accessary, accessory, adventitious, auxiliary, extrinsic, incidental, odd, secondary), ravnodušan (apathetic, apathetical, cold, listless, lukewarm, neutral, phlegmatic, pococurante, unconcerned, uninterested), osrednji (mediocre, medium, middling, passable), nezainteresovan (disinterested, uninterested), nemaran (careless, casual, debonair, delinquent, devil may care, easygoing, feckless, floppy, inattentive, incurious, neglectful, negligent, reckless, slack, slipshod, sloppy). (various references) | |
Spanish | indiferente (apathetic, apathetical, careless, cool, distant, half hearted). (various references) | |
Swedish | likgiltig (apathetic, apathetical, half hearted, immaterial, inapprehensive, incurious, insensible, insouciant, lackadaisical, languid, perfunctory, unconcerned, unsympathetic). (various references) | |
Turkish | ilgisiz (aloof, apathetic, apathetical, careless, complacent, disinterested, does not apply, impertinent, incurious, insensible, insouciant, irrelevant, listless, lukewarm, nonchalant, oblivious, phlegmatic, phlegmatical, standoffish, superior, unallied, unconcerned, unconnected, uninterested, unobliging, unrelated), vasat (everyday, fair, fair average, mediocre, par, undistinguished), lakayt (careless, neglectful, negligent, nonchalant, reckless, slapdash), kayıtsız (apathetic, apathetical, carefree, careless, devil may care, feckless, footloose, forgetful, freewheeling, impassive, incurious, listless, nonchalant, reckless, regardless, rough and ready, unconditional, uninscribed, unmindful, unrecorded, unregistered), kötü (bad, badly, black, chintzy, devilish, dread, dreadfull, evil, feeble, fierce, grotty, harmful, haunted, hedge, hellish, horrible, horrid, ill, iniquitous, lousy, malign, mis-, miscreant, miserable, nasty, nefarious, obnoxious, off, offensive, poor, poorly, portentous, purple, rough, seamy, shady, sinister, sticky, stinking, ugly, unhallowed, unrighteous, vicious, wicked, worse, wrongful), hissiz (apathetic, apathetical, benumbed, bloodless, callous, crass, cruel, devoid of feelings, dispassionate, down to earth, impassible, impassive, insensate, insensible, insensitive, insentient, insusceptible, numb, senseless, soulless, torpid), farksız (alike, indistinguishable, nothing less than, same, the same, undistinguished), berbat (abominable, abysmal, accursed, accurst, appalling, atrocious, awful, bad, badly, beastly, bum, chronic, crappy, dashed, destroyed, deuced, devilish, disgusting, dread, dreadfull, egregious, execrable, fierce, flagitious, frightful, ghastly, grotty, hell, hell of, helluva, horrible, horrid, infamous, infernal, ropy, rotten, screwed, shocking, sickening, spoilt, sticky, stinking, terrible, ungodly, unsavory, unsavoury, vicious, vile, villainous, violent, wretched), şöyle böyle (after a fashion, all right, middling, so so), aldırışsız (careless, devil may care, gaily, heedless, insensate, reckless, regardless, unconcerned, unmindful, unobliging), önemsiz (back burner, derisive, derisory, dinky, empty, fiddling, footling, immaterial, inconsequential, inconsiderable, inconspicuous, inessential, insignificant, jerkwater, minute, negligible, no-account, non essential, nonessential, not healthy, not worth a fig, null, of no account, of no significance, of no worth, one horse, paltry, paper, peanut, peddling, petty, picayune, picayunish, piddling, poky, potty, quotidian, scrubby, secondary, slight, small, smalltime, trifling, trivial, tuppeny, unessential, unimportant, unsubstantial, worthless, yeasty). (various references) | |
Turkmen | perbaяsyz, parhsyz, biperwaя, biparh (careless). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | індеферентний, нейтральний (neuter, neutral, non-aligned), маловажний (pokey, poky), байдужий (apathetic, apathetical, barren, chill, cold, cold blooded, cold-hearted, cold-livered, disinterested, frigid, half hearted, impassible, insensible, insentient, neutral, nonchalant, passionless, unaffected, unconcerned, uninterested, unmoved). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | xoàng xoàng, vô thưởng, thờ ơ (apathetic, cool, disinterested, lethargic, lethargical, listless, nonchalant, pococurante), người thờ ơ hành động vô thưởng, người lânh đạm, lânh đạm (frosty, icily, nonchalant), không thiên vị không quan trọng, không quan tâm (thoughtless, unconcerned, uninterested, unthoughtful), không để ý (careless, heedless, unmindful), hờ hững (apathetic, cold, cold-blooded, cold-hearted, coldly, coolish, disinterested, nonchalant, unconcerned), dửng dưng; không thiết, cũng vậy thôi bình thường, bàng quang trung lập. (various references) | |
Welsh | difraw (apathetic), difater (apathetic, unconcerned). (various references) | |
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| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | frigida, frigidae, frigidam, frigidus, neglegens, neglegentia. (various references) |
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Derivations | |
Words beginning with "indifferent": indifferentism, indifferentisms, indifferentist, indifferentists, indifferently. (additional references) | |
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"Indifferent" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: indefferent, indiferent, indifferant, indiffernet, indiffferent, indiffrent, Nideffer. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "indifferent" (pronounced i'ndi"frunt or i'ndi"ferunt) |
| 5 | -f r u n t | seafront. |
| 4 | -r u n t | apparent, arrant, aberrant, abhorrent, adherent, celebrant, coherent, Courant, immigrant, declarant, deterrent, emigrant, entrant, errant, flagrant, fragrant, grandparent, hydrant, incoherent, inherent, migrant, parent, quadrant, recalcitrant, registrant, torrent, transparent, tyrant, vagrant, vibrant, warrant. |
| 3 | -u n t | agent, aggrandizement, agreement, ailment, alignment, allotment, amazement, ambient, ambivalent, amendment, amusement, ancient, announcement, annulment, antecedent, antidepressant, antigovernment, antioxidant, apartment, appeasement, applicant, appointment, apportionment, ardent, argent, argument, armament, arraignment, arrangement, arrogant, absent, absorbent, abstinent, abundant, accelerant, accident, accompaniment, accomplishment, abandonment, abatement, abortifacient, accountant, accouterment, achievement, acknowledgement, acknowledgment, adamant, adjacent, adjournment, adjustment, adjutant, adolescent, adornment, advancement, advertisement, advisement, afferent, affiant, affluent, ascendant, aspirant, assailant, assessment, assignment, assistant, assortment, astonishment, astringent, atonement, attachment, attainment, attendant, banishment, basement, battlement, belligerent, bemusement, beneficent, benevolent, bereavement, betterment, bewilderment, blandishment, blatant, bombardment, brilliant, buoyant, claimant, clairvoyant, Clement, client, coefficient, cogent, cognizant, coincident, combatant, commandment, commencement, commitment, compartment, competent, complacent, complainant, complaisant, complement, compliant, component, comportment, concealment, concomitant, concurrent, condiment, confident, confinement, confluent, consequent, consignment, consistent, consonant, constant, constituent, consultant, containment, contaminant, contentment, contestant, continent, contingent, convalescent, convenient, convent, convergent, conversant, coolant, copayment, corespondent, cormorant, correspondent, covenant, Crescent, crosscurrent, current, curtailment, ignorant, immanent, imminent, impairment, impatient, impeachment, impediment, impertinent, implement, important, impotent, impoundment, impoverishment, impressment, imprisonment, improvement, imprudent, inadvertent, incandescent, debarment, debasement, decadent, decedent, decent, decongestant, defendant, deferment, defiant, deficient, defoliant, delinquent, deodorant, department, dependent, deployment, deportment, depressant, derailment, descendant, descendent, despondent, detachment, detergent, determent, determinant, detriment, development, deviant, different, diligent, diminishment, disagreement, disappointment, disarmament, disbarment, disbursement, discernment, discordant, discouragement, disenchantment, disenfranchisement, disengagement, disestablishment, disgruntlement, disillusionment, disinfectant, disinvestment, dismantlement, dismemberment, disobedient, dispersant, displacement, dissident, dissonant, distant, divalent, divergent, divestment, docent, dominant, dormant, easement, ebullient, efferent, effervescent, efficient, effluent, elegant, element, elephant, eloquent, embankment, embarrassment, embayment, embellishment, embezzlement, embodiment, emergent, eminent, emplacement, employment, empowerment, enactment, encampment, enchantment, encirclement, encouragement, encroachment, endangerment, endearment, endorsement, endowment, enforcement, engagement, enhancement, enjoyment, enlargement, enlightenment, enlistment, enrichment, enrollment, enslavement, entanglement, entertainment, enticement, entitlement, entombment, entrapment, entrenchment, environment, equipment, equivalent, escapement, escarpment, esculent, establishment, estrangement, evanescent, evident, excellent, excitement, excrement, exigent, existent, exorbitant, expectant, expectorant, expedient, experiment, exponent, extant, extinguishment, extravagant, exuberant, exultant, Fabricant, fervent, figment, filament, flamboyant, flatulent, flippant, fluent, fluorescent, formant, fragment, fraudulent, frequent, fulfillment, gallant, garment, garnishment, giant, government, grandiloquent, harassment, hesitant, incessant, incident, incipient, incitement, inclement, incompetent, inconsistent, incontinent, inconvenient, increment, incumbent, indecent, independent, indictment, indigent, indignant, indolent, inducement, indulgent, inefficient, infant, informant, infotainment, infrequent, infringement, ingredient, inhabitant, inhalant, innocent, inpatient, insignificant, insistent, insolent, insolvent, installment, instant, instrument, insufficient, insurgent, integument, intelligent, intercurrent, interdependent, intermittent, internment, intersegment, intolerant, intransigent, invariant, investment, involvement, iridescent, irrelevant, irreverent, irritant, itinerant, jubilant, judgement, judgment, latent, leant, lenient, lieutenant, ligament, litigant, lubricant, lucent, luminescent, luxuriant, magnificent, malevolent, malignant, maltreatment, management, measurement, merchant, micromanagement, militant, miscreant, misgovernment, misjudgment, mismanagement, misstatement, mistreatment, moment, monovalent, monument, mordant, movement, mutant, nascent, negligent, noncombatant, nonexistent, nongovernment, nonmanagement, nonpayment, nonresident, nonviolent, nourishment, nutrient, obedient, observant, obsolescent, occupant, odorant, ointment, omnipotent, omnipresent, omniscient, operant, opponent, opulent, ornament, orpiment, outpatient, outplacement, overconfident, overpayment, overstatement, oxidant, pageant, parchment, parliament, participant, patent, patient, pavement, payment, peasant, penchant, pendant, penitent, pennant, percipient, permanent, persistent, pertinent, petulant, pheasant, pigment, piquant, placement, pleasant, pliant, poignant, pollutant, postponement, postretirement, potent, preadolescent, precedent, predicament, predominant, preeminent, pregnant, prejudgment, prepayment, prescient, present, presentment, prevalent, procurement, proficient, prominent, pronouncement, propellant, proponent, protestant, provident, prudent, prurient, pungent, punishment, pursuant, puzzlement, quiescent, quotient, radiant, rampant, readjustment, reagent, realignment, reappointment, reapportionment, rearmament, rearrangement, reassessment, reassignment, recent, recipient, recombinant, recruitment, recurrent, redeployment, redevelopment, redundant, reemployment, reenactment, refinement, refreshment, refrigerant, refurbishment, Regent, regiment, reimbursement, reinforcement, reinstatement, reinvestment, relevant, reliant, reluctant, reminiscent, remnant, repayment, repellent, repentant, replacement, replenishment, repugnant, requirement, resentment, resettlement, resident, resilient, resistant, resonant, resplendent, respondent, restatement, resultant, resurgent, retardant, reticent, retirement, retrenchment, reverent, rodent, rudiment, ruminant, sacrament, salient, sealant, sediment, segment, semipermanent, sentiment, Sequent, sergeant, serpent, servant, settlement, shipment, significant, silent, solvent, somnolent, stagnant, statement, stimulant, strident, stringent, student, subcontinent, subsequent, subservient, succulent, sufficient, supergiant, superintendent, supplement, supplicant, suppressant, surfactant, talent, tangent, temperament, tenant, tenement, testament, tetravalent, tolerant, tournament, transcendent, transient, translucent, treatment, trenchant, trident, triumphant, truant, truculent, tumescent, turbulent, undercurrent, underdevelopment, underemployment, undergarment, underpayment, understatement, unemployment, unimportant, unpleasant, unrepentant, urgent, vacant, valiant, variant, vehement, verdant, vigilant, violent, virulent, wonderment. |
| 7 | -d i" f er u n t | different. |
| 5 | -f er u n t | afferent, efferent. |
| 4 | -er u n t | accelerant, aspirant, belligerent, cormorant, ignorant, deodorant, expectorant, exuberant, intolerant, irreverent, itinerant, odorant, operant, refrigerant, reverent, tolerant. |
| 3 | -u n t | agent, aggrandizement, agreement, ailment, alignment, allotment, amazement, ambient, ambivalent, amendment, amusement, ancient, announcement, annulment, antecedent, antidepressant, antigovernment, antioxidant, apartment, apparent, appeasement, applicant, appointment, apportionment, ardent, argent, argument, armament, arraignment, arrangement, arrant, arrogant, absent, absorbent, abstinent, abundant, accident, accompaniment, accomplishment, abandonment, abatement, aberrant, abhorrent, abortifacient, accountant, accouterment, achievement, acknowledgement, acknowledgment, adamant, adherent, adjacent, adjournment, adjustment, adjutant, adolescent, adornment, advancement, advertisement, advisement, affiant, affluent, ascendant, assailant, assessment, assignment, assistant, assortment, astonishment, astringent, atonement, attachment, attainment, attendant, banishment, basement, battlement, bemusement, beneficent, benevolent, bereavement, betterment, bewilderment, blandishment, blatant, bombardment, brilliant, buoyant, celebrant, claimant, clairvoyant, Clement, client, coefficient, cogent, cognizant, coherent, coincident, combatant, commandment, commencement, commitment, compartment, competent, complacent, complainant, complaisant, complement, compliant, component, comportment, concealment, concomitant, concurrent, condiment, confident, confinement, confluent, consequent, consignment, consistent, consonant, constant, constituent, consultant, containment, contaminant, contentment, contestant, continent, contingent, convalescent, convenient, convent, convergent, conversant, coolant, copayment, corespondent, correspondent, Courant, covenant, Crescent, crosscurrent, current, curtailment, immanent, immigrant, imminent, impairment, impatient, impeachment, impediment, impertinent, implement, important, impotent, impoundment, impoverishment, impressment, imprisonment, improvement, imprudent, inadvertent, incandescent, debarment, debasement, decadent, decedent, decent, declarant, decongestant, defendant, deferment, defiant, deficient, defoliant, delinquent, department, dependent, deployment, deportment, depressant, derailment, descendant, descendent, despondent, detachment, detergent, determent, determinant, deterrent, detriment, development, deviant, diligent, diminishment, disagreement, disappointment, disarmament, disbarment, disbursement, discernment, discordant, discouragement, disenchantment, disenfranchisement, disengagement, disestablishment, disgruntlement, disillusionment, disinfectant, disinvestment, dismantlement, dismemberment, disobedient, dispersant, displacement, dissident, dissonant, distant, divalent, divergent, divestment, docent, dominant, dormant, easement, ebullient, effervescent, efficient, effluent, elegant, element, elephant, eloquent, embankment, embarrassment, embayment, embellishment, embezzlement, embodiment, emergent, emigrant, eminent, emplacement, employment, empowerment, enactment, encampment, enchantment, encirclement, encouragement, encroachment, endangerment, endearment, endorsement, endowment, enforcement, engagement, enhancement, enjoyment, enlargement, enlightenment, enlistment, enrichment, enrollment, enslavement, entanglement, entertainment, enticement, entitlement, entombment, entrant, entrapment, entrenchment, environment, equipment, equivalent, errant, escapement, escarpment, esculent, establishment, estrangement, evanescent, evident, excellent, excitement, excrement, exigent, existent, exorbitant, expectant, expedient, experiment, exponent, extant, extinguishment, extravagant, exultant, Fabricant, fervent, figment, filament, flagrant, flamboyant, flatulent, flippant, fluent, fluorescent, formant, fragment, fragrant, fraudulent, frequent, fulfillment, gallant, garment, garnishment, giant, government, grandiloquent, grandparent, harassment, hesitant, hydrant, incessant, incident, incipient, incitement, inclement, incoherent, incompetent, inconsistent, incontinent, inconvenient, increment, incumbent, indecent, independent, indictment, indigent, indignant, indolent, inducement, indulgent, inefficient, infant, informant, infotainment, infrequent, infringement, ingredient, inhabitant, inhalant, inherent, innocent, inpatient, insignificant, insistent, insolent, insolvent, installment, instant, instrument, insufficient, insurgent, integument, intelligent, intercurrent, interdependent, intermittent, internment, intersegment, intransigent, invariant, investment, involvement, iridescent, irrelevant, irritant, jubilant, judgement, judgment, latent, leant, lenient, lieutenant, ligament, litigant, lubricant, lucent, luminescent, luxuriant, magnificent, malevolent, malignant, maltreatment, management, measurement, merchant, micromanagement, migrant, militant, miscreant, misgovernment, misjudgment, mismanagement, misstatement, mistreatment, moment, monovalent, monument, mordant, movement, mutant, nascent, negligent, noncombatant, nonexistent, nongovernment, nonmanagement, nonpayment, nonresident, nonviolent, nourishment, nutrient, obedient, observant, obsolescent, occupant, ointment, omnipotent, omnipresent, omniscient, opponent, opulent, ornament, orpiment, outpatient, outplacement, overconfident, overpayment, overstatement, oxidant, pageant, parchment, parent, parliament, participant, patent, patient, pavement, payment, peasant, penchant, pendant, penitent, pennant, percipient, permanent, persistent, pertinent, petulant, pheasant, pigment, piquant, placement, pleasant, pliant, poignant, pollutant, postponement, postretirement, potent, preadolescent, precedent, predicament, predominant, preeminent, pregnant, prejudgment, prepayment, prescient, present, presentment, prevalent, procurement, proficient, prominent, pronouncement, propellant, proponent, protestant, provident, prudent, prurient, pungent, punishment, pursuant, puzzlement, quadrant, quiescent, quotient, radiant, rampant, readjustment, reagent, realignment, reappointment, reapportionment, rearmament, rearrangement, reassessment, reassignment, recalcitrant, recent, recipient, recombinant, recruitment, recurrent, redeployment, redevelopment, redundant, reemployment, reenactment, refinement, refreshment, refurbishment, Regent, regiment, registrant, reimbursement, reinforcement, reinstatement, reinvestment, relevant, reliant, reluctant, reminiscent, remnant, repayment, repellent, repentant, replacement, replenishment, repugnant, requirement, resentment, resettlement, resident, resilient, resistant, resonant, resplendent, respondent, restatement, resultant, resurgent, retardant, reticent, retirement, retrenchment, rodent, rudiment, ruminant, sacrament, salient, seafront, sealant, sediment, segment, semipermanent, sentiment, Sequent, sergeant, serpent, servant, settlement, shipment, significant, silent, solvent, somnolent, stagnant, statement, stimulant, strident, stringent, student, subcontinent, subsequent, subservient, succulent, sufficient, supergiant, superintendent, supplement, supplicant, suppressant, surfactant, talent, tangent, temperament, tenant, tenement, testament, tetravalent, torrent, tournament, transcendent, transient, translucent, transparent, treatment, trenchant, trident, triumphant, truant, truculent, tumescent, turbulent, tyrant, undercurrent, underdevelopment, underemployment, undergarment, underpayment, understatement, unemployment, unimportant, unpleasant, unrepentant, urgent, vacant, vagrant, valiant, variant, vehement, verdant, vibrant, vigilant, violent, virulent, warrant, wonderment. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "d-e-e-f-f-i-i-n-n-r-t" | |
-2 letters: different. | |
-3 letters: definite, indenter, intender, interned, niffered, tiffined. | |
-4 letters: definer, deifier, dentine, edifier, effendi, feinted, fifteen, finnier, inditer, interne, niftier, niterie, nitride, refined, reified, tinnier. | |
-5 letters: defier, define, defter, denier, dentin, dieter, differ, dinner, endite, endrin, entire, feirie, fender, ferine, finder, finite, finned, friend, iffier, indene, indent, indite, intend, intern, intine, nereid, niffer, nitrid. | |
| Words containing the letters "d-e-e-f-f-i-i-n-n-r-t" | |
+2 letters: indifferently. | |
+3 letters: indifferentism, indifferentist. | |
+4 letters: differentiating, differentiation, indifferentisms, indifferentists. | |
+5 letters: differentiations, undifferentiated. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Slideshow 7. Sounds 8. Quotations: Familiar | 9. Quotations: Historic 10. Quotations: Fiction 11. Quotations: Non-fiction 12. Quotations: Spoken | 13. Quotations: Speeches 14. Usage Frequency 15. Expressions 16. Expressions: Internet | 17. Translations: Modern 18. Translations: Ancient 19. Derivations 20. Rhymes | 21. Anagrams 22. Bibliography |
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