ignore
(verb) be ignorant of or in the dark about
neglect, ignore, disregard
(verb) give little or no attention to; “Disregard the errors”
dismiss, disregard, brush aside, brush off, discount, push aside, ignore
(verb) bar from attention or consideration; “She dismissed his advances”
ignore, disregard, snub, cut
(verb) refuse to acknowledge; “She cut him dead at the meeting”
ignore
(verb) fail to notice
Source: WordNet® 3.1
ignore (third-person singular simple present ignores, present participle ignoring, simple past and past participle ignored) (transitive)
To deliberately not listen or pay attention to.
Synonyms: misheed, neglect, unmind, unheed, Thesaurus:ignore
Antonyms: notice, recognize, watch, Thesaurus:pay attention
To pretend to not notice someone or something.
Synonyms: connive, dissimulate, overlook, turn a blind eye to, wink at
Antonyms: notice, observe
(obsolete) Fail to notice.
Synonyms: misheed, overlook, Thesaurus:fail to notice
(obsolete) Not to know.
Synonym: be ignorant of
Antonym: know
• Regino, eringo, ingoer, region
Source: Wiktionary
Ig*nore", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ignored; p. pr. & vb. n. Ignoring.] Etym: [L. ignorare; pref. in- not + the root of gnarus knowing, noscere to become acquainted with. See Know, and cf. Narrate.]
1. To be ignorant of or not acquainted with. [Archaic] Philosophy would solidly be established, if men would more carefully distinguish those things that they know from those that they ignore. Boyle.
2. (Law)
Definition: To throw out or reject as false or ungrounded; -- said of a bill rejected by a grand jury for want of evidence. See Ignoramus.
3. Hence: To refuse to take notice of; to shut the eyes to; not to recognize; to disregard willfully and causelessly; as, to ignore certain facts; to ignore the presence of an objectionable person. Ignoring Italy under our feet, And seeing things before, behind. Mrs. Browning.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
15 April 2025
(adjective) marked by or promising bad fortune; “their business venture was doomed from the start”; “an ill-fated business venture”; “an ill-starred romance”; “the unlucky prisoner was again put in irons”- W.H.Prescott
The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.
