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close your ears

Thesaurus>to intentionally not give someone or something any attention>close your ears
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TO INTENTIONALLY NOT GIVE SOMEONE OR SOMETHING ANY ATTENTION

He closed his ears to all criticism of his novels.
Synonyms and examples
ignore
The buzzing is irritating, but try to ignore it.
disregard
He disregarded the advice of his doctor and went back to work.
turn a blind eye to
Until now, the mayor has turned a blind eye to the city's homelessness problem.
close your eyes to
The administration closed its eyes to human-rights abuses by its soldiers.
shut your eyes to
He shut his eyes to the problem and pretended that everything was fine.
turn a deaf ear
The emperor turned a deaf ear to their cries for mercy.
tune outUSinformal
When he starts ranting about politics, I just tune him out.
shun
As assistant to the president, he shunned the spotlight, but worked very hard behind the scenes.
give someone the cold shoulder
I said hello to him and he just gave me the cold shoulder.
cold-shoulder
She was cold-shouldered by her former friends.
snub
She was snubbed once again by the Academy Awards nominating committee.
slight
She felt very slighted by her boss when he didn't include her in the company-wide email.
Antonyms and examples
listen (to)
We listened to his concerns carefully.
heedformal
Travellers would do well to heed all travel warnings from the government.
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neglect
I neglected to water the plants and now they're dead.
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If you ignore someone or something, youintentionally do not give them any attention.
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