Word Study
disregard
OXFORD DICTIONARY
disregard, v. & n.
--v.tr.
1 pay no attention to; ignore.
2 treat as of no importance.
--n. (often foll. by of, for) indifference; neglect.
--v.tr.
1 pay no attention to; ignore.
2 treat as of no importance.
--n. (often foll. by of, for) indifference; neglect.
Derivative
disregardful adj. disregardfully adv.
THESAURUS
disregard
abide with, abjuration, abjure, abjurement, absentmindedness, accept, accidia, acedia, admit, admit exceptions, allow, allow for, apathy, arrogance, ataraxia, ataraxy, audacity, be big, be blind to, be caught napping, be caught out, be content with, be easy with, be inattentive, be neglectful, be negligent, be unwary, bear with, benevolence, blink at, bold front, boldness, brash bearing, brashness, brassiness, bravado, brazenness, break the law, brook, brush aside, brush off, bumptiousness, care naught for, carelessness, casualness, cheekiness, chuck, chuck out, chucking, chucking out, cockiness, concede, condonation, condone, connive at, consider, consider the circumstances, consider the source, contemn, contempt, contemptuousness, contradict, contradiction, culpa, culpable negligence, cut, cut dead, cut direct, daring, daringness, declination, decline, declining, default, defial, defiance, defy, defying, delinquency, denial, deny, dereliction, deride, derision, despisal, despise, despising, despite, detachment, digest, disapproval, disapprove, discard, disclaim, disclamation, disconformity, discount, discounting, disdain, disesteem, disinterest, dismiss, dismissal, disobey, disown, disownment, disparage, dispassion, disregardfulness, disrespect, distraction, down, easygoingness, eat, endure, except, exception, exclude, exclusion, fail, failure, flightiness, flippancy, flout, forbearance, forget, forgetting, forgiveness, forgivingness, forswear, frivolousness, giddiness, give no heed, give the go-by, gloss over, go counter to, grant, hear nothing, heedlessness, hold in derision, humiliation, ignore, ignoring, impertinence, impudence, inadvertence, inadvertency, inattention, inattentiveness, inconsideration, incuriosity, indifference, indiscrimination, indulgence, inexcitability, inobservance, insolence, insouciance, judge not, kindness, laches, lack of affect, lackadaisicalness, laissez-faire, lapse, lassitude, laugh at, laugh to scorn, laxity, laxness, lean over backwards, leave unavenged, let go, let go by, let it go, let pass, let ride, let slide, let slip, lethargy, levity, lift temporarily, lightmindedness, listen to reason, listlessness, live with, long-suffering, longanimity, look right through, looseness, lose sight of, lose track of, magnanimity, make allowance for, make allowances for, make light of, make little of, mindlessness, minimize, miss, neglect, neglectfulness, neglecting, negligence, nod, nonacceptance, nonadherence, nonapproval, nonchalance, noncompliance, nonconformance, nonconformity, nonconsideration, nonfeasance, nonfulfillment, noninterference, nonobservance, nonperformance, nonrestriction, not attend, not care for, not conform, not get involved, not heed, not keep, not listen, not mind, not notice, not observe, not think, not write off, obliviousness, omission, omit, omitting, overlook, overlooking, overpass, oversight, pass by, pass over, pass up, passing by, patience, pay no attention, pay no mind, permissiveness, pertness, pocket, pocket the affront, pococurantism, pooh-pooh, poor stewardship, pretermit, procrastination, provide for, push aside, putting away, putting out, rebuff, recant, recantation, recklessness, refusal, refuse, refuse to acknowledge, refuse to consider, refuse to cooperate, refuse to recognize, regard with indulgence, regardlessness, reject, rejection, relax, relax the condition, remissness, renounce, renouncement, repel, repudiate, repudiation, repulse, sauciness, scoff at, scorn, scout, scouting, see both sides, see nothing, set aside, set at defiance, set at naught, set naught by, shallowness, shove away, slackness, sleep, slight, slight over, slighting, sloth, sneer, sneeze at, sniff, snort, snub, spurn, spurning, stomach, superficiality, suspend judgment, swallow, swallow an insult, take, take account of, take for granted, take into account, take into consideration, the cold shoulder, the go-by, think little of, thoughtlessness, throw away, throw out, throwing out, tolerance, tolerate, transgress, turn aside provocation, turn away, turn out, turning out, unalertness, unanxiousness, unawareness, unconcern, unconsciousness, underestimate, underrate, undervalue, unheedfulness, unintentiveness, unmindfulness, unobservance, unrevengefulness, unrigorousness, unsolicitousness, unwariness, unwatchfulness, view with indulgence, violate, waive, wink atROGET THESAURUS
disregard
Insensibility
VB be insensible, have a rhinoceros hide, show insensibility, not mind, not care, not be affected by, have no desire for, have no interest in, feel no interest in, take no interest in, nil admirari, not care a straw for, disregard, set at naught, turn a deaf ear to, vegetate, render insensible, render callous, blunt, obtund, numb, benumb, paralyze, deaden, hebetate, stun, stupefy, brutify, brutalize, chloroform, anaesthetize, put under, assify, inure, harden the heart, steel, caseharden, sear.Inexcitability
VB be composed, laisser faire, laisser aller, take things easily, take things as they come, take it easy, rub on, live and let live, take easily, take cooly, take in good part, aequam servare mentem, bear the brunt, bear well, go through, support, endure, brave, disregard, tolerate, suffer, stand, bide, abide, aby, bear with, put up with, take up with, abide with, acquiesce, submit, submit with a good grace, resign oneself to, reconcile oneself to, brook, digest, eat, swallow, pocket, stomach, make light of, make the best of, make 'a virtue of necessity', put a good face on, keep one's countenance, check, check oneself, compose, appease (moderate), propitiate, repress, render insensible, overcome one's excitability, allay one's excitability, repress one's excitability, master one's feelings, make oneself easy, make one's mind easy, set one's mind at ease, set one's mind at rest, calm down, cool down, gentle, thaw, grow cool, be borne, be endured, go down.Disrespect
VB hold in disrespect, misprize, disregard, slight, trifle with, set at naught, pass by, push aside, overlook, turn one's back upon, laugh in one's sleeve, be disrespectful, be discourteous, treat with disrespect, set down, put down, browbeat, dishonor, desecrate, insult, affront, outrage, speak slightingly of, disparage, vilipend, vilify, call names, throw dirt, fling dirt, drag through the mud, point at, indulge in personalities, make mouths, make faces, bite the thumb, take by the beard, pluck by the beard, toss in a blanket, tar and feather, have in derision, hold in derision, deride, scoff, barrack, sneer, laugh at, snigger, ridicule, gibe, mock, jeer, hiss, hoot, taunt, twit, niggle, gleek, gird, flout, fleer, roast, turn into ridicule, burlesque, laugh to scorn, smoke, fool, make game of, make a fool of, make an April fool of, play a practical joke, lead one a dance, run the rig upon, have a fling at, scout, mob.Contempt
VB despise, contemn, scorn, disdain, feel contempt for, view with a scornful eye, disregard, slight, not mind, pass by, look down upon, hold cheap, hold in contempt, hold in disrespect, think nothing of, think small beer of, make light of, underestimate, esteem slightly, esteem of small or no account, take no account of, care nothing for, set no store by, not care a straw, sneeze at, set at naught, laugh in one's sleeve, laugh up one's sleeve, snap one's fingers at, shrug one's shoulders, turn up one's nose at, pooh-pooh, damn with faint praise, whistle at, sneer at, curl up one's lip, toss the head, traiter de haut enbas, laugh at, point the finger of scorn, hold up to scorn, laugh to scorn, scout, hoot, flout, hiss, scoff at, turn one's back upon, turn a cold shoulder upon, tread upon, trample upon, trample under foot, spurn, kick, fling to the winds, send away with a flea in the ear.Inattention
N inattention, inconsideration, inconsiderateness, oversight, inadvertence, inadvertency, nonobservance, disregard, supineness, etourderie, want of thought, heedlessness, insouciance, abstraction, absence of mind, absorption of mind, preoccupation, distraction, reverie, brown study, deep musing, fit of abstraction, inattentive, unobservant, unmindful, heedless, unthinking, unheeding, undiscerning, inadvertent, mindless, regardless, respectless, listless, blind, deaf, bird-witted, hand over head, cursory, percursory, giddy-brained, scatter-brained, hare-brained, unreflective, unreflecting, ecervele, offhand, dizzy, muzzy, brainsick, giddy, giddy as a goose, wild, harum-scarum, rantipole, highflying, heedless, careless, inconsiderate, thoughtless, absent, abstracted, distrait, absentminded, lost, lost in thought, wrapped in thought, rapt, in the clouds, bemused, dreaming on other things, musing on other things, preoccupied, engrossed, daydreaming, in a reverie, off one's guard, napping, dreamy, caught napping, disconcerted, distracted, put out, inattentively, inadvertently, absent-mindedly, per incuriam, sub silentio, Int, stand at ease, stand easy!, the attention wanders, one's wits gone a woolgathering, one's wits gone a bird's nesting, it never entered into one's head, the mind running on other things, one's thoughts being elsewhere, had it been a bear it would have bitten you.VB be inattentive, overlook, disregard, pass by, not observe, think little of, close one's eyes to, shut one's eyes to, pay no attention to, dismiss from one's thoughts, discard from one's thoughts, discharge from one's thoughts, dismiss from one's mind, discard from one's mind, discharge from one's mind, drop the subject, think no more of, set aside, turn aside, put aside, turn away from, turn one's attention from, turn a deaf ear to, turn one's back upon, abstract oneself, dream, indulge in reverie, escape notice, escape attention, come in at one ear and go out at the other, forget, call off the attention, draw off the attention, call away the attention, divert the attention, distract the mind, put out of one's head, disconcert, discompose, put out, confuse, perplex, bewilder, moider, fluster, muddle, dazzle, throw a sop to Cerberus.
Neglect
VB be negligent, take no care of &c (take care of), 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, scamp, trifle, fribble, do by halves, cut, slight, play with, trifle with, slur, skim, skim the surface, effleurer, take a cursory view of, slur over, skip over, jump over, slip over, pretermit, miss, skip, jump, omit, give the go-by to, push aside, pigeonhole, shelve, sink, table, ignore, shut one's eyes to, refuse to hear, turn a deaf ear to, leave out of one's calculation, not attend to, not mind, not trouble oneself about, not trouble one's head about, not trouble oneself with, forget, be caught napping, leave a loose thread, let the grass grow under one's feet, render neglectful, put off one's guard, throw off one's guard, distract, divert.For further exploring for "disregard" in Webster Dictionary Online