apathetic
/ˌæpəˈθɛtɪk/US/ˌæpəˈθɛtɪk/
apathetic adjective: void of feeling; not susceptible of deep emotion.
Adjective
apathetic (comparative more apathetic, superlative most apathetic)
- Void of feeling; not susceptible of deep emotion.
- He then added a few general offers of service, but offered as if he would be glad if they were accepted; and when Guido knelt for his parting benediction, it was given with a warmth and sincerity not often used by the apathetic and haughty minister.1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XIV, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume II, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 167
- Synonyms:
- indifferent, unconcerned
- Of, or pertaining to apatheism.
Noun
apathetic (plural apathetics)
- An apathetic or indifferent person, especially one who shows no interest in a particular issue.
- On the left are the activist Vietniks, eager to protest the war; next are the doves, who oppose the U.S. role but shun demonstrations; and in the middle are the apathetics, who simply are not concerned enough to think through their own stand.1965 November 19, “Universities: The Spectrum on Viet Nam”, in Time, volume 86, number 21, page 67
apathetic meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Malayalam
apathetic in Hindi
- void of feeling
- संवेदनहीन samvedanhīn, उदासीन udāsīn
apathetic in Tamil
- மாறுபட்ட, விளக்கஇயலா, உணர்ச்சியற்ற, பராமுகமாயிருக்கிற, ஆர்வமில்லாத
apathetic in Urdu
- apathetic, unconcerned
- اداس udās
- apathetic
- ٹھنڈا ṭhanḍā
apathetic in Malayalam
- നിരുത്സാഹമായ, ഉദാസീനമായ, താത്പര്യമില്ലാത്ത
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- apathetic in Kannada
- ವಿಮುಖನಾದ, ಆಸಕ್ತಿಯಿಲ್ಲದ, ಉದಾಸೀನ, ನಿರಾಸಕ್ತ
- apathetic in Arabic
- لَا مُبَالٍ lā mubālin
- apathetic in Indonesian
- apatis
- apathetic in Vietnamese
- vô cảm
Synonyms of apathetic
- indifferent
- unconcerned
- adiaphroistic
- apathistical
- blasé
- blithe
- deaf
- cool
- shiftless
- dispassionate
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Antonyms
Forms of apathetic
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more apathetic |
| superlative | most apathetic |
| alternative form | apathetical |
| Noun | |
| plural | apathetics |
Origin of apathetic
From apathy + -etic.
Words formed from apathetic
Words that rhyme with apathetic
- sympathetic
- hermetic
- kinetic
- athletic
- genetic
- magnetic
- energetic
- pathetic
- syndetic
- aesthetic
- diabetic
- diaeretic
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- frenetic
- mimetic
- peripatetic
- planetic
- poetic
- tonetic
- abietic
- anesthetic
- anoetic
- anuretic
- ascetic
- auxetic
- cybernetic
- dietetic
- epithetic
- Helvetic
- parasympathetic
- parenthetic
- phyletic
- Sidetic
- splenetic
- synaeretic
- synizetic
- tabetic
- threnetic
- alexipyretic
- algetic
- alphabetic
- alphametic
- amuletic
- analgetic
- anchoretic
- anoretic
- aphetic
- aporetic
- archegetic
- asyndetic
- auletic
- autonoetic
- balletic
- Baphometic
- cardioparasympathetic
- cardiosympathetic
- cometic
- conspiracy-theoretic
- cynegetic
- diagenetic
- diakinetic
Questions about apathetic
- What does apathetic mean?
- Apathetic means void of feeling; not susceptible of deep emotion.
- What is apathetic in Hindi?
- Apathetic in Hindi is संवेदनहीन (samvedanhīn), उदासीन (udāsīn). See Apathetic meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is apathetic?
- Apathetic can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce apathetic?
- Apathetic is pronounced /ˌæpəˈθɛtɪk/ (US).
Words near apathetic in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: apathetic (page history and authors); apathetic (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); اداس (Urdu) (page history and authors); apathetic (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); apathetic (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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