Meaning & use
ignoring
Deliberately paying no attention to someone or something.
See it in a sentence
She kept ignoring his calls after their argument last week.
Ignoring the warning signs, the crew continued the climb despite the storm.
A note on using this word
Ignoring implies a conscious choice, unlike "not noticing," which suggests the attention was never there at all.
Words with a similar meaning
disregardingoverlooking
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Words with an opposite meaning
heeding
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