Antonyms for indifference

Grammar : Noun

Spell : in-dif-er-uhns, -dif-ruhns

Phonetic Transcription : ɪnˈdɪf ər əns, -ˈdɪf rəns

Definition of indifference

Origin : mid-15c., from Latin indifferentia "want of difference, similarity," noun of quality from indifferentem (see indifferent).

noun absence of feeling, interest

Example sentences :

All else is but the setting, and the eye sweeps with indifference the line of unpeopled rocks.
Extract from : « Malbone » by Thomas Wentworth Higginson

You know with what indifference, said my mother, she has hitherto seen him.
Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson

Mary's manner changed from indifference to sudden keen interest.
Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana

The husband went on speaking with no apparent heed of his wife's indifference.
Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana

"Third," he answered, laconically, schooling his voice to indifference.
Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser

"All this is unintelligible to me," responded my guide, with indifference.
Extract from : « A Virtuoso's Collection (From "Mosses From An Old Manse") » by Nathaniel Hawthorne

He was indifference personified, if one might judge from his outward appearance.
Extract from : « Chip, of the Flying U » by B. M. Bower

The singularity that struck me most about her ladyship was her indifference to flattery.
Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 4 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth

And did you see what a look he gave Plimmins, when he joked about his indifference to his sole?
Extract from : « Night and Morning, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton

"Without doubt, he could gather no confidence by witnessing our indifference," he said.
Extract from : « The Last of the Mohicans » by James Fenimore Cooper

Synonyms for indifference

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