Sacred blue is a literal English equivalent of the French phrase sacrebleu. Specifically, the word combines the adjectives sacre (sacred) and bleu (blue). The phrase nevertheless functions somewhat as a curse which translates more politely as my God! or zounds!.
apathy - an absence of emotion or enthusiasm. 1  feeling - the experiencing of affective and emotional states; she had a feeling of euphoria; he had terrible feelings of guilt; I disliked him and the feeling was mutual.
Word Origin & History. apathy c.1600, freedom from suffering, from Fr. apathie (16c.), from L. apathia, from Gk. apatheia freedom from suffering, impassability, from apathes without feeling, from a- without + pathos emotion, feeling, suffering (see pathos).