Indifference and Pity

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Indifference

Indifference noun - Lack of interest or concern.
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Antonyms for Indifference
Pity is an antonym for indifference.
Nearby Words: indifferent, indifferently

Pity

Pity noun - The capacity for feeling for another's unhappiness or misfortune.
Usage example: a woman of boundless pity who tried to care for every abandoned animal she found
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Synonyms for Pity
Antonyms for Pity
Indifference is an antonym for pity in topics: compassion, feeling of mercy toward another.
Nearby Words: pitiful, pitiable, pitying, pitifully, pitied
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How words are described

sheer sheer indifference sheer pity
crushing crushing indifference crushing pity
great great indifference great pity
condescending condescending indifference condescending pity
Other adjectives: apparent, outright, immense, older.

Both words in one sentence

  • Film / His Girl Friday Clear My Name: The "girlfriend" of Earl Williams desperately pleads with the room of newspapermen to get their story straight— that she had helped him one time out of pity and had no relationship, that he was innocent— to their bigoted and utter indifference.
    Source: Film / His Girl Friday
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Antonyms for pity

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