indifferent
Not caring or interested either way.
indifferent in a sentence
- Marcus shrugged, completely indifferent to whether they went swimming or stayed home.
- Our cat stayed indifferent to the expensive new toy, not caring about it one bit.
Try an 11+ style question
Verbal reasoning papers often ask about a word like this.
Which word is closest in meaning to indifferent?
- Acaring
- Binterested
- Cunmoved
- Deager
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C: unmoved. The other three mean the opposite of indifferent.
Which word is most nearly opposite in meaning to indifferent?
- Aunmoved
- Bunconcerned
- Ccaring
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C: caring. The other three mean nearly the same as indifferent.
Words that mean something similar
unmoved, unconcerned
Words that mean the opposite
caring, eager, interested
More words about emotions & feelings
- indignant: Angry because something seems unfair.
- infuriate: To make someone lose their temper completely.
- inspire: To fill someone with the wish or the courage to do something.
- irate: Very angry, and showing it by shouting or complaining.
- irk: To annoy someone slightly.
- irresistible: So tempting that you cannot say no to it.
- irritable: Easily annoyed and quick to snap.
- jittery: Nervous and unable to keep still.
More words to explore
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