1. refuse to take notice of or acknowledge; disregard intentionally: "he ignored her outraged question"Similardisregardtake no notice ofpay no attention topay no heed topass overshut one's eyes tobe oblivious toturn a blind eye toturn a deaf ear tobrush asideshrug offpush asidenever mindlook the other waysnubslightspurnshundisdainlook right throughlook pastturn one's back ongive someone the cold shouldercold-shoulderfreeze outsteer clear ofsend to Coventryinformal:give someone the brush-offcutcut deadknock backgive someone the go-byblankset asidepay no attention totake no account ofvetobreakcontravenefail to comply withfail to observedisobeybreachdefyfloutfly in the face ofomitleave outbypassoverlookneglectdisregardexcludeinformal:skipOppositepay attention toacknowledgeobey
▪ fail to consider (something significant):"the rules ignore one important principle of cricket"
Word Originlate 15th century (in the sense ‘be ignorant of’): from French ignorer or Latin ignorare ‘not know, ignore’, from in- ‘not’ + gno-, a base meaning ‘know’. Current senses date from the early 19th century.
