| Main Entry: | apathy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | uncaring attitude, lack of interest |
Synonyms: |
aloofness, coldness, coolness, detachment, disinterest, dispassion, disregard, dullness, emotionlessness, halfheartedness, heedlessness, indifference, insensibility, insensitivity, insouciance, lassitude, lethargy, listlessness, passiveness, passivity, stoicism, unconcern, unresponsiveness |
Antonyms: |
care, concern, feeling, interest, passion, sensitivity, sympathy, warmth |
| Main Entry: | apathy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
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Adjectives: |
cold, cold, proof, all one to, anesthetic, apathetic, blind to, callous, careless, case, cold as charity, comatose, cool, cool as a cucumber, crustose, dead, dead to, deaf to, dedolent, devil, disinterested, disregarding, dull, easy, frigid, half, hardened, heartless, impartial, impassible, impassive, impenitible, impercipient, imperturbable, impervious, inattentive, indifferent, inert, infrunite, insensate, insensible, insipid, insouciant, insusceptible, inured, lackadaisical, languid, leucophlematic, listless, lukewarm, maudlin, mindless, neglectful, numb, obtuse, pachydermatous, palsied, palsy, passionless, phlegmatic, pococurante, proof against, regardless, senseless, sleepy, sluggish, soulless, spiritless, steeled against, stupefied, stuporific, supine, tame, thick, unaffected, unalluring, unambitious, unanimated, unaspiring, unattracted, unblushing, uncared for, unconcerned, unconscious, undesirable, undesired, undesiring, unexcited, unfeeling, unfelt, unimpressed, unimpressible, unimpressionable, uninspired, unmoved, unruffled, unshocked, unsolicitous, unstirred, unstruck, unsusceptible, untouched, unvalued, unwished, vain, vegetative
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| Main Entry: | boredom |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | disinterest; weariness |
Synonyms: |
apathy, detachment, disgust, distaste, doldrums, dullness, ennui, fatigue, flatness, incuriosity, indifference, irksomeness, jadedness, lack of interest, lassitude, lethargy, listlessness, monotony, pococurantism, sameness, taedium vitae, tediousness, tedium, tiresomeness, unconcern, world-weariness, yawn |
Antonyms: |
excitement, interest, pleasure |
| Main Entry: | disregard |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ignoring |
Synonyms: |
apathy, brush-off, contempt, disdain, disesteem, disfavor, disinterest, disrespect, forgetting, heedlessness, inadvertence, inattention, indifference, insouciance, lassitude, lethargy, listlessness, neglect, neglecting, negligence, oblivion, omission, omitting, overlooking, oversight, scorn, slight, slighting, the cold shoulder, unconcern, unmindfulness |
| Notes: | ignore is properly used of things that are present in our surroundings; but for things like rules, conventions, stipulations, contracts, the right word is disregard |
Antonyms: |
attention, esteem, honor, note, regard, respect |
| Main Entry: | doldrums |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | depression |
Synonyms: |
apathy, black mood, blahs, blue funk, blues, boredom, bummer, dejection, disinterest, dismals, downer, dullness, dumps, ennui, funk, gloom, inactivity, indifference, inertia, lassitude, letdown, listlessness, malaise, mopes, slump, stagnation, stupor, tedium, torpor, yawn |
Antonyms: |
elation, gladness, glee, happiness, joy |
| Main Entry: | ennui |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | boredom |
Synonyms: |
apathy, blahs, blues, dejection, depression, dissatisfaction, doldrums, dumps, fatigue, ho hums, lack of interest, languidness, languor, lassitude, listlessness, melancholy, sadness, satiety, spiritlessness, surfeit, tedium, weariness, yawn |
Antonyms: |
energy, enthusiasm, excitement, liveliness, vigor |
| Main Entry: | indifference |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | absence of feeling, interest |
Synonyms: |
alienation, aloofness, apathy, callousness, carelessness, cold shoulder, cold-bloodedness, coldness, coolness, detachment, disdain, disinterest, disinterestedness, dispassion, disregard, equity, heedlessness, immunity, impartiality, impassiveness, impassivity, inattention, inertia, insensitivity, insouciance, isolationism, lack, lethargy, listlessness, negligence, neutrality, nonchalance, noninterference, objectivity, stoicism, torpor, unconcern, unmindfulness |
Antonyms: |
caring, compassion, concern, feeling, interest, involvement, regard, sympathy |
| Main Entry: | inertia |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | disinclination to move; lifelessness |
Synonyms: |
apathy, deadness, drowsiness, dullness, idleness, immobility, immobilization, inactivity, indolence, languor, lassitude, laziness, lethargy, listlessness, oscitancy, paralysis, passivity, sloth, sluggishness, stillness, stupor, torpidity, torpor, unresponsiveness |
Antonyms: |
activity, animation, life, liveliness, moving |
| Main Entry: | languor |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | lethargy |
Synonyms: |
apathy, dullness, fatigue, idleness, inaction, inactivity, laziness, listlessness, sluggishness, tiredness, torpor, weakness |
| Main Entry: | lassitude |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | lethargy |
Synonyms: |
apathy, dullness, exhaustion, fatigue, idleness, inaction, inactivity, languor, laziness, listlessness, sleepiness, sluggishness, tiredness, torpor, weakness, weariness |