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/dɪsɹɪˈɡɑːd/
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/dɪsɹɪˈɡɑɹd/
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rhymes with -ɑː(ɹ)d
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D IH2 S R IH0 G AA1 R D
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The act or state of deliberately not paying attention or caring about something.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
Examples
The government's blithe disregard for the needs of disabled people is outrageous.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: misregard, disesteem
Antonyms: none provided
To ignore; to pay no attention to.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
willful lack of care and attention
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: neglect
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: mistreatment
Narrower terms: despite
lack of attention and due care
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: neglect
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: inattention
Narrower terms: omission
give little or no attention to
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: neglect, ignore
Antonyms: none provided
Narrower terms: pretermit
bar from attention or consideration
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
She dismissed his advances
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: dismiss, brush aside, brush off, discount, push aside, ignore
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: reject
Narrower terms: slight, cold-shoulder, discredit, shrug off, pass off, scoff, flout, turn a blind eye, laugh off, laugh away, disoblige
refuse to acknowledge
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
She cut him dead at the meeting
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: ignore, snub, cut
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: treat, handle, do by
From dis- + regard. Compare misregard.
Across languages
Translations
129 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Arabic :
إِهْمال
(ʔihmāl)
— not paying attention or caring about
Bulgarian :
пренебрежение
(prenebreženie)
— not paying attention or caring about
Bulgarian :
незачитане
(nezačitane)
— not paying attention or caring about
Catalan :
indiferència
— not paying attention or caring about
Catalan :
desconsideració
— not paying attention or caring about
Chinese Mandarin :
忽視 /忽视
(hūshì)
— not paying attention or caring about
Chinese Mandarin :
漠視 /漠视
(mòshì)
— not paying attention or caring about
Chinese Mandarin :
無視 /无视
(wúshì)
— not paying attention or caring about
Danish :
ignoreren
— not paying attention or caring about
Danish :
ligegyldighed
— not paying attention or caring about
Dutch :
verontachtzaming
— not paying attention or caring about
Finnish :
välinpitämättömyys
— not paying attention or caring about
Finnish :
piittaamattomuus
— not paying attention or caring about
French :
mépris
— not paying attention or caring about
Galician :
desconsideración
— not paying attention or caring about
German :
Gleichgültigkeit
— not paying attention or caring about
German :
Nichtbeachten
— not paying attention or caring about
German :
Nichtbeachtung
— not paying attention or caring about
German :
Missachtung
— not paying attention or caring about
German :
Zurücksetzung
— not paying attention or caring about
German :
Geringschätzung
— not paying attention or caring about
German :
Geringachtung
— not paying attention or caring about
Hindi :
अवहेलना
(avhelnā)
— not paying attention or caring about
Hungarian :
semmibevevés
— not paying attention or caring about
Hungarian :
nemtörődömség
— not paying attention or caring about
Kazakh :
менсінбеушілік
(mensınbeuşılık)
— not paying attention or caring about
Latin :
sēpōnō
— not paying attention or caring about
Occitan :
desconsideracion
— not paying attention or caring about
Occitan :
mesprètz
— not paying attention or caring about
Occitan :
desdenh
— not paying attention or caring about
Portuguese :
desconsideração
— not paying attention or caring about
Romanian :
desconsiderare
— not paying attention or caring about
Romanian :
dispreț
— not paying attention or caring about
Romanian :
discreditare
— not paying attention or caring about
Romanian :
nepăsare
— not paying attention or caring about
Romanian :
indiferență
— not paying attention or caring about
Russian :
пренебреже́ние
(prenebrežénije)
— not paying attention or caring about
Russian :
игнори́рование
(ignorírovanije)
— not paying attention or caring about
Scottish Gaelic :
dìmeas
— not paying attention or caring about
Spanish :
abulia
— not paying attention or caring about
Spanish :
displicencia
— not paying attention or caring about
Spanish :
desmiramiento
— not paying attention or caring about
Spanish :
falta de reguardo
— not paying attention or caring about
Spanish :
desidia
— not paying attention or caring about
Spanish :
incuria
— not paying attention or caring about
Spanish :
desgana
— not paying attention or caring about
Spanish :
preterición
— not paying attention or caring about
Turkish :
aldırmazlık
— not paying attention or caring about
Turkish :
takmama
— not paying attention or caring about
Turkish :
umursamama
— not paying attention or caring about
Turkish :
uymama
— not paying attention or caring about
Bulgarian :
пренебрегвам
(prenebregvam)
— to ignore — see also neglect, overlook, dismiss, shrug off, put aside, ignore, disattend
Bulgarian :
игнорирам
(ignoriram)
— to ignore — see also neglect, overlook, dismiss, shrug off, put aside, ignore, disattend
Catalan :
prescindir
— to ignore — see also neglect, overlook, dismiss, shrug off, put aside, ignore, disattend
Catalan :
ignorar
— to ignore — see also neglect, overlook, dismiss, shrug off, put aside, ignore, disattend
Czech :
přehlížet
— to ignore — see also neglect, overlook, dismiss, shrug off, put aside, ignore, disattend
Danish :
affeje
— to ignore — see also neglect, overlook, dismiss, shrug off, put aside, ignore, disattend
Danish :
se bort fra
— to ignore — see also neglect, overlook, dismiss, shrug off, put aside, ignore, disattend
Danish :
lade hånt om
— to ignore — see also neglect, overlook, dismiss, shrug off, put aside, ignore, disattend
Dutch :
veronachtzamen
— to ignore — see also neglect, overlook, dismiss, shrug off, put aside, ignore, disattend
Dutch :
negeren
— to ignore — see also neglect, overlook, dismiss, shrug off, put aside, ignore, disattend
Finnish :
jättää huomiotta
— to ignore — see also neglect, overlook, dismiss, shrug off, put aside, ignore, disattend
Finnish :
väheksyä
— to ignore — see also neglect, overlook, dismiss, shrug off, put aside, ignore, disattend
Finnish :
ohittaa
— to ignore — see also neglect, overlook, dismiss, shrug off, put aside, ignore, disattend
French :
ignorer
— to ignore — see also neglect, overlook, dismiss, shrug off, put aside, ignore, disattend
French :
mépriser
— to ignore — see also neglect, overlook, dismiss, shrug off, put aside, ignore, disattend
Galician :
ignorar
— to ignore — see also neglect, overlook, dismiss, shrug off, put aside, ignore, disattend
Galician :
desconsiderar
— to ignore — see also neglect, overlook, dismiss, shrug off, put aside, ignore, disattend
Galician :
desouvir
— to ignore — see also neglect, overlook, dismiss, shrug off, put aside, ignore, disattend
Galician :
desoír
— to ignore — see also neglect, overlook, dismiss, shrug off, put aside, ignore, disattend
German :
missachten
— to ignore — see also neglect, overlook, dismiss, shrug off, put aside, ignore, disattend
German :
außer Betracht lassen
— to ignore — see also neglect, overlook, dismiss, shrug off, put aside, ignore, disattend
German :
übersehen
— to ignore — see also neglect, overlook, dismiss, shrug off, put aside, ignore, disattend
German :
vernachlässigen
— to ignore — see also neglect, overlook, dismiss, shrug off, put aside, ignore, disattend
German :
ignorieren
— to ignore — see also neglect, overlook, dismiss, shrug off, put aside, ignore, disattend
German :
ausklammern
— to ignore — see also neglect, overlook, dismiss, shrug off, put aside, ignore, disattend
German :
ausblenden
— to ignore — see also neglect, overlook, dismiss, shrug off, put aside, ignore, disattend
German :
nicht berücksichtigen
— to ignore — see also neglect, overlook, dismiss, shrug off, put aside, ignore, disattend
German :
übergehen
— to ignore — see also neglect, overlook, dismiss, shrug off, put aside, ignore, disattend
German :
nicht beachten
— to ignore — see also neglect, overlook, dismiss, shrug off, put aside, ignore, disattend
German :
vorbeigehen
— to ignore — see also neglect, overlook, dismiss, shrug off, put aside, ignore, disattend
German :
außer Acht lassen
— to ignore — see also neglect, overlook, dismiss, shrug off, put aside, ignore, disattend
German :
als gegenstandslos betrachten
— to ignore — see also neglect, overlook, dismiss, shrug off, put aside, ignore, disattend
German :
gering achten
— to ignore — see also neglect, overlook, dismiss, shrug off, put aside, ignore, disattend
German :
absehen
— to ignore — see also neglect, overlook, dismiss, shrug off, put aside, ignore, disattend
Greek :
παραθεωρώ
(paratheoró)
— to ignore — see also neglect, overlook, dismiss, shrug off, put aside, ignore, disattend
Ancient Greek :
περιοράω
(perioráō)
— to ignore — see also neglect, overlook, dismiss, shrug off, put aside, ignore, disattend
Ancient Greek :
ἐξουθενέω
(exouthenéō)
— to ignore — see also neglect, overlook, dismiss, shrug off, put aside, ignore, disattend
Hindi :
अवमानना
(avmānnā)
— to ignore — see also neglect, overlook, dismiss, shrug off, put aside, ignore, disattend
Hungarian :
semmibe vesz
— to ignore — see also neglect, overlook, dismiss, shrug off, put aside, ignore, disattend
Hungarian :
figyelmen kívül hagy
— to ignore — see also neglect, overlook, dismiss, shrug off, put aside, ignore, disattend
Hungarian :
számításon kívül hagy
— to ignore — see also neglect, overlook, dismiss, shrug off, put aside, ignore, disattend
Italian :
ignorare
— to ignore — see also neglect, overlook, dismiss, shrug off, put aside, ignore, disattend
Italian :
non considerare
— to ignore — see also neglect, overlook, dismiss, shrug off, put aside, ignore, disattend
Latin :
omittō
— to ignore — see also neglect, overlook, dismiss, shrug off, put aside, ignore, disattend
Latin :
ignōrō
— to ignore — see also neglect, overlook, dismiss, shrug off, put aside, ignore, disattend
Lithuanian :
nepaisyti
— to ignore — see also neglect, overlook, dismiss, shrug off, put aside, ignore, disattend
Māori :
pī
— to ignore — see also neglect, overlook, dismiss, shrug off, put aside, ignore, disattend
Māori :
piki
— to ignore — see also neglect, overlook, dismiss, shrug off, put aside, ignore, disattend
Māori :
whakatuturi
— to ignore — see also neglect, overlook, dismiss, shrug off, put aside, ignore, disattend
Māori :
takahi
— to ignore — see also neglect, overlook, dismiss, shrug off, put aside, ignore, disattend
Norwegian Bokmål :
avfeie
— to ignore — see also neglect, overlook, dismiss, shrug off, put aside, ignore, disattend
Norwegian Bokmål :
se bort fra
— to ignore — see also neglect, overlook, dismiss, shrug off, put aside, ignore, disattend
Norwegian Nynorsk :
avfeie
— to ignore — see also neglect, overlook, dismiss, shrug off, put aside, ignore, disattend
Norwegian Nynorsk :
sjå bort frå
— to ignore — see also neglect, overlook, dismiss, shrug off, put aside, ignore, disattend
Occitan :
ignorar
— to ignore — see also neglect, overlook, dismiss, shrug off, put aside, ignore, disattend
Occitan :
desconsiderar
— to ignore — see also neglect, overlook, dismiss, shrug off, put aside, ignore, disattend
Occitan :
mespresar
— to ignore — see also neglect, overlook, dismiss, shrug off, put aside, ignore, disattend
Polish :
lekceważyć
— to ignore — see also neglect, overlook, dismiss, shrug off, put aside, ignore, disattend
Portuguese :
ignorar
— to ignore — see also neglect, overlook, dismiss, shrug off, put aside, ignore, disattend
Portuguese :
desconsiderar
— to ignore — see also neglect, overlook, dismiss, shrug off, put aside, ignore, disattend
Romanian :
desconsidera
— to ignore — see also neglect, overlook, dismiss, shrug off, put aside, ignore, disattend
Romanian :
ignora
— to ignore — see also neglect, overlook, dismiss, shrug off, put aside, ignore, disattend
Russian :
пренебрега́ть
(prenebregátʹ)
— to ignore — see also neglect, overlook, dismiss, shrug off, put aside, ignore, disattend
Russian :
пренебре́чь
(prenebréčʹ)
— to ignore — see also neglect, overlook, dismiss, shrug off, put aside, ignore, disattend
Russian :
игнори́ровать
(ignorírovatʹ)
— to ignore — see also neglect, overlook, dismiss, shrug off, put aside, ignore, disattend
Russian :
проигнори́ровать
(proignorírovatʹ)
— to ignore — see also neglect, overlook, dismiss, shrug off, put aside, ignore, disattend
Russian :
не обраща́ть внима́ния
(ne obraščátʹ vnimánija)
— to ignore — see also neglect, overlook, dismiss, shrug off, put aside, ignore, disattend
Russian :
не обрати́ть внима́ния
(ne obratítʹ vnimánija)
— to ignore — see also neglect, overlook, dismiss, shrug off, put aside, ignore, disattend
Spanish :
desoír
— to ignore — see also neglect, overlook, dismiss, shrug off, put aside, ignore, disattend
Spanish :
hacer caso omiso de
— to ignore — see also neglect, overlook, dismiss, shrug off, put aside, ignore, disattend
Spanish :
no tener en cuenta
— to ignore — see also neglect, overlook, dismiss, shrug off, put aside, ignore, disattend
Spanish :
ningunear
— to ignore — see also neglect, overlook, dismiss, shrug off, put aside, ignore, disattend
Spanish :
desatencionar
— to ignore — see also neglect, overlook, dismiss, shrug off, put aside, ignore, disattend
Spanish :
preterir
— to ignore — see also neglect, overlook, dismiss, shrug off, put aside, ignore, disattend
Spanish :
abstraer(se) de
— to ignore — see also neglect, overlook, dismiss, shrug off, put aside, ignore, disattend
Spanish :
cagarse en la noticia
— to ignore — see also neglect, overlook, dismiss, shrug off, put aside, ignore, disattend
Swedish :
bortse från
— to ignore — see also neglect, overlook, dismiss, shrug off, put aside, ignore, disattend
Swedish :
ignorera
— to ignore — see also neglect, overlook, dismiss, shrug off, put aside, ignore, disattend