How can you be so indifferent to your wife's trouble?
Source: tatoeba (25698)
Indifferent
/ɪnˈdɪf.ɹənt/
Synonyms for "indifferent" (317 found)
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Closest matches (64)
Strong matches (95)
equitableevenevenhandedeverydayfadefairfair to middlingfairishfervorlessfifty-fiftyflatflavorlessflippantforgetfulfree and easyfrigidglacialgrudginggruellyhalf-and-half
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Adjective(1 words)
Adjective(7 words)
Verb(1 words)
Noun(2 words)
least civicmore lethargic
Adverb(1 words)
Related words (158)
namby-pambynegligentneuterneutralnonalignednonchalantnoncommittednonobservantnonpartisannonreligiousnot badnugatorynumbnumbedobjectiveobliviousof a kindof a sortof sortsoffhand
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olympianon the fenceordinaryoverindulgentoverpermissivepappypassablepassionlesspassiveperfunctorypermissivephlegmaticplucklesspococurantepoorpromiscuouspulpyrecklessregardlessrelaxedreluctantremissremoteremovedrenitentresignedrespectablerespectlessrestiverockyropysaplesssavorlessslackslightslipshodsloppyslothfulslowslow tosluggishso soso-sosoftsoporificspicelessspiritlessspunklessstalestodgystoicstoicalstolidstonystupefiedsupinetactlesstastelesstedioustepidthinthird worldthird-forcethird-worldthoughtlesstolerabletorpidtriflingtrivialunbiaseduncaringuncommitteduncompassionateunconcernedundazzledundemonstrativeundevoutundiplomaticundistinguishedundutifulunemotionalunenthusiasticunfeelingunflavoredunheedfulunheedingunimportantuninfluenceduninquiringuninquisitiveuninspireduninteresteduninvolvedunjaundicedunmarkingunmindfulunmovedunnoticingunnotingunobservantunobservingunprejudicedunpreparedunprepossessedunreadyunreligiousunremarkingunrestrainedunsavoryunsolicitousunswayedunsympatheticuntactfulunthinkingunzealousvapidwashywateredwatered downwatered-downwateryweakwishy washywishy-washywithdrawnzealless
Adjective(9 words)
Noun(2 words)
people insensitiveshrugging
Verb(1 words)
Related word relations
OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.
More general
3 entriesemotional statejudgment qualityquality level
More specific
6 entriesaverage workdetached stancemediocre effortneutral stancenonchalant demeanorunbiased view
Collocations
6 entriesindifferent attitudeindifferent moodindifferent policyindifferent reactionindifferent stanceindifferent student
Inflections
2 entriesmore indifferentmost indifferent
Derivations
2 entriessimilar
10 entriesTranslations
75 translations across 45 languages.
American Sign Language
1 entries- 1@Nose-FingerBack 1@FromNose-FingerForward adj (not caring)
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ἄτρεπτος adj (not caring)
Armenian
1 entries- անտարբեր adj (not caring)
Azerbaijani
2 entries- biganə adj (not caring)
- laqeyd adj (not caring)
Belarusian
3 entries- абыя́кавы adj (not caring)
- безува́жны adj (not caring)
- раўнаду́шны adj (not caring)
Bulgarian
3 entries- безразли́чен adj (not caring)
- безучастен adj (not caring)
- равноду́шен adj (not caring)
Catalan
1 entries- indiferent adj (not caring)
Chinese
1 entries- 冷淡 adj (not caring)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 冷淡 adj (not caring)
- 冷漠 adj (not caring)
Czech
1 entries- lhostejný adj (not caring)
Danish
1 entries- ligeglad adj (not caring)
Dutch
1 entries- onverschillig adj (not caring)
Finnish
1 entries- välinpitämätön adj (not caring)
French
1 entries- indifférent adj (not caring)
Galician
1 entries- indiferente adj (not caring)
German
2 entries- gleichgültig adj (not caring)
- teilnahmslos adj (not caring)
Greek
1 entries- αδιάφορος adj (not caring)
Hebrew
1 entries- אָדִישׁ adj (not caring)
Hindi
1 entries- रूखा adj (not caring)
Hungarian
4 entries- közömbös adj (not caring)
- közönyös adj (not caring)
- érdektelen adj (not caring)
- érzéketlen adj (not caring)
Irish
1 entries- fuarchúiseach adj (not caring)
Italian
1 entries- indifferente adj (not caring)
Japanese
3 entries- どこ吹く風の adj (not caring)
- 冷淡な adj (not caring)
- 無関心な adj (not caring)
Korean
1 entries- 무관심하다 adj (not caring)
Latin
2 entries- incūriōsus adj (not caring)
- indifferens adj (not caring)
Lithuanian
1 entries- abejingas adj (not caring)
Macedonian
1 entries- рамнодушен adj (not caring)
Māori
4 entries- arokore adj (not caring)
- haumaruru adj (not caring)
- ngākau kore adj (not caring)
- ngākaukore adj (not caring)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- likegyldig adj (not caring)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- likesæl adj (not caring)
Polish
1 entries- obojętny adj (not caring)
Portuguese
1 entries- indiferente adj (not caring)
Romanian
2 entries- apatic adj (not caring)
- indiferent adj (not caring)
Russian
4 entries- безразли́чный adj (not caring)
- безуча́стный adj (not caring)
- индиффере́нтный adj (not caring)
- равноду́шный adj (not caring)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- coma adj (not caring)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- ravnòdušan adj (not caring)
- равно̀душан adj (not caring)
Slovak
1 entries- ľahostajný adj (not caring)
Southern Kurdish
1 entries- خەمسەرد adj (not caring)
Spanish
4 entries- apático adj (not caring)
- desganado adj (not caring)
- indiferente adj (not caring)
- ni le viene ni le va adj (not caring)
Swedish
1 entries- likgiltig adj (not caring)
Tagalog
1 entries- malatuba adj (not caring)
Tatar
1 entries- битараф adj (not caring)
Turkish
3 entries- ilgisiz adj (not caring)
- kayıtsız adj (not caring)
- umursamaz adj (not caring)
Ukrainian
4 entries- байду́жий adj (not caring)
- байду́жливий adj (not caring)
- байду́жний adj (not caring)
- рівноду́шний adj (not caring)
Uzbek
1 entries- beparvo adj (not caring)
Sample sentences
36 total sentences available.
The figure indicates approximately two thirds of the freshmen are indifferent to politics.
Source: tatoeba (45972)
Susan is indifferent to politics.
Source: tatoeba (52396)
However, Beth seems to be indifferent to Chris's grief.
Source: tatoeba (53569)
Showing 4 of 36 available sentences.