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disregard
noun as in ignoring
Strongest matches
apathy, contempt, disdain, disrespect, inattention, indifference, neglect, negligence, scorn
Strong matches
brush-off, disesteem, disfavor, disinterest, forgetting, heedlessness, inadvertence, insouciance, lassitude, lethargy, listlessness, neglecting, oblivion, omission, omitting, overlooking, oversight, slight, slighting, unconcern, unmindfulness
Weak match
verb as in ignore; make light of
Strong matches
cold-shoulder, contemn, despise, discount, disdain, disparage, fail, miss, overpass, pooh-pooh, scorn, slight, snub, vilipend
Weak matches
blink at, brush aside, brush away, brush off, have no use for, laugh off, leave out of account, let go, let off easy, let pass, live with, look the other way, pass over, pay no attention to, pay no heed to, pay no mind, shut eyes to, take no notice of, tune out, turn a blind eye, turn a deaf ear, wink at
Example Sentences
"I am appalled by the RSF's endless and wanton disregard for civilian life," he said.
"They continue instead to kill, injure, and displace civilians, and to attack civilian objects, including... hospitals and mosques, with total disregard for international law," UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk said.
“President Biden’s decision to commute the death sentences of these monsters showed abhorrent disregard for our justice system and total disrespect for victims’ families already suffering through immense loss,” Bondi said in September.
"If true, these disgraceful allegations that Hungary sought to spy on the EU itself further demonstrate Viktor Orban's flagrant disregard for the rule of law across the Union," said the group's EU director Nick Aiossa.
This critic is a sucker for Ms. Knightley, so please disregard anything here that sounds remotely positive.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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