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ignore
verb
1 ignore
Refuse to acknowledge.
synonyms: cut, disregard, snub.
Roget 460:
be negligent
etc.
adj.;
take no care of
etc.
(take care of)
etc.
459;
neglect;
let slip,
let go;
lay aside,
set aside,
cst aside,
put aside;
keep out of sight,
put out of sight;
lose sight of.
overlook,
disregard;
pass over,
pas by;
let pass;
blink;
wink at,
connive at;
gloss over;
take no note of,
take no thought of,
take no account of,
take no notice of;
pay no regard to;
laisser aller [Fr.].
scamp;
trifle,
fribble†;
do by halves;
cut;
slight
etc.
(despise)
930;
play with,
trifle with;
slur,
skim,
skim the surface;
effleurer [Fr.];
take a cursory view of
etc.
457.
slur over,
skip over,
jump over,
slip over;
pretermit†,
miss,
skip,
jump,
omit,
give the go-by to,
push aside,
pigeonhole,
shelve,
sink;
table [Parl.];
ignore,
shut one's eyes to,
refuse to hear,
turn a deaf ear to;
leave out of one's calculation;
not attend to
etc.
457,
not mind;
not trouble oneself about,
not trouble one's head about,
not trouble oneself with;
forget
etc.
506;
be caught napping
etc.
(not expect)
508;
leave a loose thread;
let the grass grow under one's feet.
render neglectful
etc.
adj.;
put off one's guard,
throw off one's guard;
distract,
divert.
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Roget 487:
be incredulous
etc.
adj.;
distrust
etc.
(disbelieve)
485;
refuse to believe;
shut one's eyes to,
shut one's ears to;
turn a deaf ear to;
hold aloof,
ignore,
nullis jurare in verba magistri [Lat.].
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Roget 491:
be ignorant
etc.
adj.;
not know
etc.
490;
know not,
know not what,
know nothing of;
have no idea,
have no notion,
have no conception;
not have the remotest idea;
not know chalk from cheese.
ignore,
be blind to;
keep in ignorance
etc.
(conceal)
528.
see through a glass darkly;
have a film over the eyes,
have a glimmering
etc.
n.;
wonder whether;
not know what to make of
etc.
(unintelligibility)
519;
not pretend to take upon,
not take upon one self to say.
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Roget 528:
conceal,
hide,
secrete,
put out of sight;
lock up,
seal up,
bottle up.
encrypt,
encode,
cipher.
cover,
screen,
cloak,
veil,
shroud;
cover up one's tracks;
screen from sight,
screen from observation;
drawing the veil;
draw the curtain,
close the curtain;
curtain,
shade,
eclipse,
throw a view over;
be cloud,
be mask;
mask,
disguise;
ensconce,
muffle,
smother;
befog;
whisper.
keep from;
keep back,
keep to oneself;
keep snug,
keep close,
keep secret,
keep dark;
bury;
sink,
suppress;
keep from,
keep from out of view,
keep from out of sight;
keep in the shade,
throw into the shade,
throw into background;
stifle,
hush up,
smother,
withhold,
reserve;
fence with a question;
ignore
etc.
460.
keep a secret,
keep one's own counsel;
hold one's tongue
etc.
(silence)
585;
make no sign,
not let it go further;
not breathe a word,
not breathe a syllable about;
not let the right hand know what the left is not let the right hand know what the left is doing;
hide one's light under a bushel,
bury one's talent in a napkin.
keep in the dark,
leave in the dark,
keep in the ignorance;
blind,
blind the eyes;
blindfold,
hoodwink,
mystify;
puzzle
etc.
(render uncertain)
475;
bamboozle
etc.
(deceive)
545.
be concealed
etc.
v.;
suffer an eclipse;
retire from sight,
couch;
hide oneself;
lie hid,
lie in perdu [Fr.],
lie in close;
lie in ambush
(ambush)
530;
seclude oneself
etc.
893;
lurk,
sneak,
skulk,
slink,
prowl;
steal into,
steal out of,
steal by,
steal along;
play at bopeep†,
play at hide and seek;
hide in holes and corners;
still hunt.
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Roget 536:
deny;
contradict,
contravene;
controvert,
give denial to,
gainsay,
negative,
shake the head.
disown,
disaffirm,
disclaim,
disavow;
recant
etc.
607;
revoke
etc.
(abrogate)
756.
dispute;
impugn,
traverse,
rebut,
join issue upon;
bring in question,
call in question
etc.
(doubt)
485;
give the lie in his throat,
give one the lie in his throat.
deny flatly,
deny peremptorily,
deny emphatically,
deny absolutely,
deny wholly,
deny entirely;
give the lie to,
belie.
repudiate
etc.
610;
set aside,
ignore
etc.
460;
rebut
etc.
(confute)
479;
qualify
etc.
469;
refuse
etc.
764.
recuse [Law].
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2 ignore
Bar from attention or consideration.
synonyms: brush aside, brush off, discount, dismiss, disregard, push aside.
Roget 756:
abrogate,
annul,
cancel;
destroy
etc.
162;
abolish;
revoke,
repeal,
rescind,
reverse,
retract,
recall;
abolitionize†;
overrule,
override;
set aside;
disannul,
dissolve,
quash,
nullify,
declare null and void;
disestablish,
disendow†;
deconsecrate.
disclaim
etc.
(deny)
536;
ignore,
repudiate;
recant
etc.
607;
divest oneself,
break off.
countermand,
counter order;
do away with;
sweep away,
brush away;
throw overboard,
throw to the dogs;
scatter to the winds,
cast behind.
dismiss,
discard;
cast off,
turn off,
cast out,
cast adrift,
cast out of doors,
cast aside,
cast away;
send off,
send away,
send packing,
send about one's business;
discharge,
get rid of
etc.
(eject)
297;
bounce [U.S.];
fire [Slang],
fire out [Slang];
sack [Slang].
cashier;
break;
oust;
unseat,
unsaddle;
unthrone†,
dethrone,
disenthrone†;
depose,
uncrown†;
unfrock,
strike off the roll;
disbar,
disbench†.
be abrogated
&c.;
receive its quietus;
walk the plank.
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Dutch: afwimpelen, ignoreren, negeren, opzijzetten, wegcijferen
3 ignore
4 ignore
Give little or no attention to.
synonyms: disregard, neglect.
Roget 773:
fail,
neglect,
omit,
elude,
evade,
give the go-by to,
set aside,
ignore;
shut one's eyes to,
close one's eyes to.
infringe,
transgress,
violate,
pirate,
break,
trample under foot,
do violence to,
drive a coach and six through.
discard,
protest,
repudiate,
fling to the winds,
set at naught,
nullify,
declare null and void;
cancel
etc.
(wipe off)
552.
retract,
go back from,
be off,
forfeit,
go from one's word,
palter;
stretch a point,
strain a point.
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5 ignore
Be ignorant of or in the dark about.
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