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Pronunciation:
[ nɪɡlˈɛkt], [ nɪɡlˈɛkt], [ n_ɪ_ɡ_l_ˈɛ_k_t]
Neglect is a word that describes the act of not giving attention or care to something or someone. There are many synonyms available for this word and each one of them carries a slightly different context. Some of the synonyms for neglect are overlook, ignore, forget, disregard, and abandon. Overlook means to fail to notice or acknowledge something or someone. Ignore means to deliberately not take notice or pay attention. Forget means to fail to remember something. Disregard means to pay no attention to something or someone. Abandon means to leave something or someone behind and not care about it anymore. These synonyms can help express a variety of experiences of neglect.
Related words: neglecting a child, neglect in relationships, neglected children, signs of neglect, physical neglect in childhood
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Similar words for neglect:
- breach (noun)
- carelessness (noun)
- contempt (noun)
- default (noun)
- deficiency (noun)
- delinquency (noun)
- dereliction (noun)
- disdain, disrespect (noun)
- disobedience (noun)
- disuse (noun)
- drop (noun)
- error, misunderstanding (noun)
- escape (noun)
- failure; want (noun)
- heedlessness (noun)
- improvidence (noun)
- inattention (noun)
- inconsiderateness (noun)
- inconsideration (noun)
- insult, disrespect (noun)
- laxness (noun)
- mental blankness (noun)
- misconduct (noun)
- mistake (noun)
- negligence (noun)
- noncompliance (noun)
- nonfeasance (noun)
- oblivion (noun)
- obsolescence (noun)
- obsoleteness (noun)
- omission (noun)
- oversight (noun)
- slight (noun)
- thoughtlessness (noun)
- unthoughtfulness (noun)
- violation of a law (noun)
- blink (verb)
- bypass (verb)
- cognition (verb)
- conceal (verb)
- default (verb)
- despise (verb)
- discount (verb)
- disinherit (verb)
- disobey (verb)
- disregard (verb)
- fail (verb)
- forego (verb)
- forget (verb)
- give the cold shoulder (verb)
- ignore (verb)
- miss (verb)
- neglect (verb)
- omit (verb)
- pass (verb)
- rebuff (verb)
- shun (verb)
- skip (verb)
- slack/slacken (verb)
- slight (verb)
- snub (verb)
- waive (verb)
- avoid
- discount
- disinherit
- disobey
- extravagance
- fail
- forego
- forget
- ignore
- indiscretion
- leave behind
- neglect
- negligence
- pass
- pass over
- other relevant words (adjective)
Synonyms for Neglect:
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n.
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- abuse ,
- coolness ,
- disdain ,
- do someone wrong ,
- grind down ,
- hit out ,
- inconsideration ,
- kick around ,
- mistreat ,
- oppress ,
- shove around ,
- trample ,
- unconcern .
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•
- abstain ,
- can't bring yourself to do something ,
- care for ,
- let nature take its course ,
- make no move ,
- omit to do something .
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- slack .
- Barratry ,
- contravention ,
- disobedience ,
- infraction ,
- infringement ,
- noncompliance ,
- nonobservance ,
- offense ,
- transgression ,
- trespass ,
- violation .
- Despisement ,
- antipathy ,
- audacity ,
- aversion ,
- condescension ,
- contumely ,
- defiance ,
- derision ,
- despisal ,
- despite ,
- disesteem ,
- distaste ,
- hatred ,
- indignity ,
- malice ,
- mockery ,
- recalcitrance ,
- repugnance ,
- ridicule ,
- snobbery ,
- stubbornness .
- absence ,
- blemish ,
- blunder ,
- dearth ,
- defect ,
- deficiency ,
- error ,
- fault ,
- imperfection ,
- inadequacy ,
- insufficiency ,
- lack ,
- nonpayment ,
- overlooking ,
- privation ,
- shortcoming ,
- vice ,
- weakness ,
- wrongdoing .
- Insufficience ,
- de merit ,
- de merits ,
- de-merit ,
- de-merits ,
- defalcation ,
- defalcations ,
- failings ,
- flaw ,
- inability hack it ,
- inability to hack it ,
- insufficiences ,
- scantiness .
- mis behavior ,
- mis behaviors ,
- mis deed ,
- mis deeds ,
- mis demeanor ,
- mis demeanors ,
- mis-behavior ,
- mis-behaviors ,
- mis-deed ,
- mis-deeds ,
- mis-demeanor ,
- mis-demeanors .
- drop .
- boo-boo ,
- boo-boos ,
- booboo ,
- booboos ,
- false move ,
- false moves ,
- gaffe ,
- in accuracies ,
- in accuracy ,
- in-accuracies ,
- in-accuracy ,
- mis application ,
- mis applications ,
- mis apprehension ,
- mis apprehensions ,
- mis calculation ,
- mis calculations ,
- mis conception ,
- mis conceptions ,
- mis interpretation ,
- mis interpretations ,
- mis judgment ,
- mis judgments ,
- mis print ,
- mis prints ,
- mis statement ,
- mis statements ,
- mis steps ,
- mis take ,
- mis takes ,
- mis-application ,
- mis-applications ,
- mis-apprehension ,
- mis-apprehensions ,
- mis-calculation ,
- mis-calculations ,
- mis-conception ,
- mis-conceptions ,
- mis-interpretation ,
- mis-interpretations ,
- mis-judgment ,
- mis-judgments ,
- mis-print ,
- mis-prints ,
- mis-statement ,
- mis-statements ,
- mis-steps ,
- mis-take ,
- mis-takes ,
- misconception ,
- misprint ,
- misprints ,
- misstatement ,
- over estimation ,
- over estimations ,
- over-estimation ,
- over-estimations ,
- overestimation ,
- overestimations ,
- slip of tongue ,
- slip tongue ,
- under estimation ,
- under estimations ,
- under-estimation ,
- under-estimations ,
- underestimation ,
- underestimations .
- in attentiveness ,
- in attentivenesses ,
- in-attentiveness ,
- in-attentivenesses ,
- inattentiveness ,
- inattentivenesses ,
- laxity ,
- neglectfulness ,
- neglectfulnesses ,
- remissness ,
- slackness ,
- un preparedness ,
- un preparednesses ,
- un-preparedness ,
- un-preparednesses ,
- unpreparedness ,
- unpreparednesses .
- Non-feasance ,
- Non-performance ,
- de cay ,
- de cays ,
- de feat ,
- de feats ,
- de-cay ,
- de-cays ,
- de-feat ,
- de-feats ,
- flash in pan ,
- flash pan ,
- flash the pan ,
- implosion ,
- implosions ,
- lead balloon ,
- lead balloons ,
- mis adventure ,
- mis adventures ,
- mis carriage ,
- mis carriages ,
- mis-adventure ,
- mis-adventures ,
- mis-carriage ,
- mis-carriages ,
- non feasance ,
- non feasances ,
- non performance ,
- non performances ,
- non success ,
- non successes ,
- non-feasances ,
- non-performances ,
- non-success ,
- non-successes ,
- nonperformances ,
- nonsuccess ,
- nonsuccesses ,
- over throw ,
- over throws ,
- over-throw ,
- over-throws ,
- sinking ship ,
- sinking ships ,
- total loss ,
- total losses .
- in sensibilities ,
- in sensibility ,
- in sensibleness ,
- in sensiblenesses ,
- in-sensibilities ,
- in-sensibility ,
- in-sensibleness ,
- in-sensiblenesses ,
- lethes ,
- un awareness ,
- un awarenesses ,
- un consciousness ,
- un consciousnesses ,
- un-awareness ,
- un-awarenesses ,
- un-consciousness ,
- un-consciousnesses ,
- unconsciousness .
- cutting outs ,
- disregardance ,
- disregardances ,
- elision ,
- elisions ,
- excludings ,
- ignorings ,
- in advertencies ,
- in advertency ,
- in-advertencies ,
- in-advertency ,
- inadvertencies ,
- inadvertency ,
- leaving out ,
- leaving outs ,
- missings ,
- non inclusion ,
- non inclusions ,
- non-inclusion ,
- non-inclusions ,
- noninclusion ,
- noninclusions ,
- passing overs ,
- preterition ,
- preteritions ,
- pretermission ,
- pretermissions ,
- prohibitions ,
- with holding ,
- with holdings ,
- with-holding ,
- with-holdings ,
- withholdings .
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v.
• blink • bypass • cognition • conceal • default • despise- allergicked to ,
- allergicking to ,
- allergics to ,
- de ride ,
- de rides ,
- de riding ,
- de tested ,
- de testing ,
- de-ride ,
- de-rides ,
- de-riding ,
- de-tested ,
- de-testing ,
- feeling contempt for ,
- feels contempt for ,
- felt contempt for ,
- had no use for ,
- haddest no use for ,
- hadst no use for ,
- has no use for ,
- hast no use for ,
- hath no use for ,
- looked down nose at ,
- looking down nose at ,
- looks down nose at ,
- mis prize ,
- mis prized ,
- mis prizes ,
- mis prizing ,
- mis-prize ,
- mis-prized ,
- mis-prizes ,
- mis-prizing ,
- misprizes ,
- re vile ,
- re-vile ,
- under value ,
- under valued ,
- under values ,
- under valuing ,
- under-value ,
- under-valued ,
- under-values ,
- under-valuing .
- be littles ,
- be-little ,
- be-littles ,
- detracted from ,
- detracting from ,
- detracts from ,
- dis believe ,
- dis believed ,
- dis believes ,
- dis believing ,
- dis counted ,
- dis counting ,
- dis counts ,
- dis credit ,
- dis credited ,
- dis crediting ,
- dis credits ,
- dis praise ,
- dis praised ,
- dis praises ,
- dis praising ,
- dis-believe ,
- dis-believed ,
- dis-believes ,
- dis-believing ,
- dis-counted ,
- dis-counting ,
- dis-counts ,
- dis-credit ,
- dis-credited ,
- dis-crediting ,
- dis-credits ,
- dis-praise ,
- dis-praised ,
- dis-praises ,
- dis-praising ,
- mis trust ,
- mis trusted ,
- mis trusting ,
- mis trusts ,
- mis-trust ,
- mis-trusted ,
- mis-trusting ,
- mis-trusts ,
- scoffing at ,
- scoffs at .
- be reave ,
- be reaved ,
- be reaves ,
- be reaving ,
- be reft ,
- be-reave ,
- be-reaved ,
- be-reaves ,
- be-reaving ,
- be-reft ,
- cut off without cent ,
- cut without a cent ,
- cut without cent ,
- cuts off without a cent ,
- cuts off without cent ,
- cuts without a cent ,
- cuts without cent ,
- cutting off without a cent ,
- cutting off without cent ,
- cutting without a cent ,
- cutting without cent ,
- dis affiliate ,
- dis affiliated ,
- dis affiliates ,
- dis affiliating ,
- dis inherit ,
- dis inherited ,
- dis inheriting ,
- dis inherits ,
- dis owned ,
- dis owning ,
- dis possess ,
- dis possessed ,
- dis possesses ,
- dis possessing ,
- dis-affiliate ,
- dis-affiliated ,
- dis-affiliates ,
- dis-affiliating ,
- dis-inherit ,
- dis-inherited ,
- dis-inheriting ,
- dis-inherits ,
- dis-owned ,
- dis-owning ,
- dis-possess ,
- dis-possessed ,
- dis-possesses ,
- dis-possessing ,
- exheridated ,
- exheridates ,
- exheridating .
- am remiss ,
- are remiss ,
- art remiss ,
- being remiss ,
- brake rules ,
- breaking rules ,
- breaks rules ,
- broke rules ,
- counter act ,
- counter acted ,
- counter acting ,
- counter acts ,
- counter-act ,
- counter-acted ,
- counter-acting ,
- counter-acts ,
- de cline ,
- de clines ,
- de sert ,
- de-cline ,
- de-clines ,
- de-sert ,
- dis agree ,
- dis agreed ,
- dis agreeing ,
- dis agrees ,
- dis obey ,
- dis obeyed ,
- dis obeying ,
- dis obeys ,
- dis-agree ,
- dis-agreed ,
- dis-agreeing ,
- dis-agrees ,
- dis-obey ,
- dis-obeyed ,
- dis-obeying ,
- dis-obeys ,
- flew face of ,
- flew in face of ,
- flies face of ,
- flies in face of ,
- fly face of ,
- flying face of ,
- flying in face of ,
- goes counter to ,
- going counter to ,
- in fringe ,
- in fringed ,
- in fringes ,
- in fringing ,
- in-fringe ,
- in-fringed ,
- in-fringes ,
- in-fringing ,
- insurrected ,
- insurrecting ,
- insurrects ,
- is remiss ,
- mis behave ,
- mis behaved ,
- mis behaves ,
- mis behaving ,
- mis-behave ,
- mis-behaved ,
- mis-behaves ,
- mis-behaving ,
- not heeds ,
- not listened ,
- not listens ,
- not minded ,
- not minding ,
- not minds ,
- over stepped ,
- over stepping ,
- over steps ,
- over-stepped ,
- over-stepping ,
- over-steps ,
- paid no attention to ,
- payed no attention to ,
- paying no attention to ,
- pays no attention to ,
- recalcitrated ,
- recalcitrates ,
- recalcitrating ,
- revolutioned ,
- revolutioning ,
- rise arms ,
- rises arms ,
- rises in arms ,
- rising arms ,
- rising in arms ,
- rose arms ,
- rose in arms ,
- sets aside ,
- take law in to hands ,
- take law in to own hands ,
- take law into hands ,
- takes law in to hands ,
- takes law in to own hands ,
- takes law into hands ,
- takes law into own hands ,
- taking law in to hands ,
- taking law in to own hands ,
- taking law into hands ,
- taking law into own hands ,
- took law in to hands ,
- took law in to own hands ,
- took law into hands ,
- took law into own hands ,
- was remiss ,
- wast remiss ,
- went counter to ,
- were remiss ,
- wert remiss ,
- with stand ,
- with standing ,
- with stands ,
- with stood ,
- with-stand ,
- with-standing ,
- with-stands .
- brushed away ,
- brushes away ,
- brushing away ,
- cold shouldered ,
- cold shouldering ,
- coldshouldered ,
- coldshouldering ,
- coldshoulders ,
- dis regarded ,
- dis regarding ,
- dis-regarded ,
- dis-regarding ,
- laughed off ,
- laughing off ,
- laughs off ,
- leave out account ,
- leaved out account ,
- leaved out of account ,
- leaves out account ,
- leaves out of account ,
- leaving out account ,
- leaving out of account ,
- left out account ,
- left out of account ,
- let easy ,
- lets easy ,
- lets off easy ,
- lets pass ,
- letted easy ,
- letted off easy ,
- letted pass ,
- letting easy ,
- letting off easy ,
- letting pass ,
- lived with ,
- lives with ,
- look other way ,
- looked other way ,
- looked the other way ,
- looking other way ,
- looking the other way ,
- looks other way ,
- looks the other way ,
- paid no heed to ,
- paid no mind ,
- payed no heed to ,
- payed no mind ,
- paying no heed to ,
- pays no heed to ,
- pays no mind ,
- poohpooh ,
- shuts eyes to ,
- shutting eyes to ,
- takes no notice of ,
- taking no notice of ,
- took no notice of ,
- tuned out ,
- tunes out ,
- tuning out ,
- turned a deaf ear ,
- turned deaf ear ,
- turning a deaf ear ,
- turning deaf ear ,
- turns a deaf ear ,
- turns deaf ear ,
- vilipended ,
- vilipending ,
- vilipends .
- brake one word ,
- brake one's word ,
- brake ones word ,
- brake word ,
- break one word ,
- break ones word ,
- break word ,
- breaking one word ,
- breaking one's word ,
- breaking ones word ,
- breaking word ,
- breaks one word ,
- breaks one's word ,
- breaks ones word ,
- breaks word ,
- broke one word ,
- broke one's word ,
- broke ones word ,
- broke word ,
- dis appoint ,
- dis appointed ,
- dis appointing ,
- dis appoints ,
- dis-appoint ,
- dis-appointed ,
- dis-appointing ,
- dis-appoints ,
- mis carried ,
- mis carries ,
- mis carry ,
- mis carrying ,
- mis-carried ,
- mis-carries ,
- mis-carry ,
- mis-carrying .
- fore going ,
- fore gone ,
- fore went ,
- fore-going ,
- fore-gone ,
- fore-went ,
- pre cede ,
- pre ceded ,
- pre cedes ,
- pre ceding ,
- pre-cede ,
- pre-cedes ,
- pre-ceding .
- acted cool ,
- acting cool ,
- acts cool ,
- give cold shoulder ,
- made unwelcome ,
- makes unwelcome ,
- making unwelcome ,
- turn nose ,
- turn one nose ,
- turn one's nose ,
- turn ones nose ,
- turn up nose ,
- turn up one nose ,
- turn up ones nose ,
- turned nose ,
- turned one nose ,
- turned one's nose ,
- turned ones nose ,
- turned up nose ,
- turned up one nose ,
- turned up one's nose ,
- turned up ones nose ,
- turning nose ,
- turning one nose ,
- turning one's nose ,
- turning ones nose ,
- turning up nose ,
- turning up one nose ,
- turning up one's nose ,
- turning up ones nose ,
- turns nose ,
- turns one nose ,
- turns one's nose ,
- turns ones nose ,
- turns up nose ,
- turns up one nose ,
- turns up one's nose ,
- turns up ones nose ,
- up stage ,
- up staged ,
- up stages ,
- up staging ,
- up-stage ,
- up-staged ,
- up-stages ,
- up-staging .
- am late for ,
- are late for ,
- art late for ,
- being late for ,
- drop ball ,
- dropped ball ,
- dropping ball ,
- drops ball ,
- drops the ball ,
- dropt ball ,
- dropt the ball ,
- fall flat face ,
- falling flat face ,
- falling flat on face ,
- falls flat face ,
- falls flat on face ,
- falls short ,
- fell flat face ,
- fell flat on face ,
- fell short ,
- flubbing ,
- is late for ,
- lets slip ,
- letted slip ,
- letting slip ,
- mis fire ,
- mis fired ,
- mis fires ,
- mis firing ,
- mis lay ,
- mis laying ,
- mis lays ,
- mis place ,
- mis placed ,
- mis places ,
- mis placing ,
- mis-fire ,
- mis-fired ,
- mis-fires ,
- mis-firing ,
- mis-laid ,
- mis-lay ,
- mis-laying ,
- mis-lays ,
- mis-place ,
- mis-places ,
- mis-placing ,
- over shooting ,
- over shot ,
- over-shooting ,
- over-shot ,
- passes up ,
- passing up ,
- tripping up ,
- trips up ,
- under shooting ,
- under shot ,
- under-shooting ,
- under-shot ,
- undershooting ,
- was late for ,
- wast late for ,
- were late for ,
- wert late for .
- casting aside ,
- casts aside ,
- dis card ,
- dis carded ,
- dis carding ,
- dis cards ,
- dis missed ,
- dis missing ,
- dis-card ,
- dis-carded ,
- dis-carding ,
- dis-cards ,
- dis-missed ,
- dis-missing ,
- ex cept ,
- ex-cept ,
- leaved out ,
- leaved undone ,
- leaves undone ,
- leaving undone ,
- lets slide ,
- letted slide ,
- letting slide ,
- misses out ,
- missing out ,
- with held ,
- with hold ,
- with holds ,
- with-held ,
- with-hold ,
- with-holds ,
- x outed ,
- x outing ,
- x outs ,
- x-outed ,
- x-outing ,
- x-outs ,
- xout ,
- xouted ,
- xouting ,
- xouts .
- beating off ,
- beats off ,
- dis allow ,
- dis allowed ,
- dis allowing ,
- dis allows ,
- dis courage ,
- dis courages ,
- dis-allow ,
- dis-allowed ,
- dis-allowing ,
- dis-allows ,
- dis-courage ,
- dis-courages ,
- fended off ,
- keep a distance ,
- keep arm length ,
- keep arms length ,
- keep at arm length ,
- keep at arms length ,
- keep at distance ,
- keep bay ,
- keeping a distance ,
- keeping arm length ,
- keeping arm's length ,
- keeping arms length ,
- keeping at a distance ,
- keeping at arm length ,
- keeping at arm's length ,
- keeping at arms length ,
- keeping at bay ,
- keeping at distance ,
- keeping bay ,
- keeping distance ,
- keeps a distance ,
- keeps arm length ,
- keeps arm's length ,
- keeps arms length ,
- keeps at a distance ,
- keeps at arm length ,
- keeps at arm's length ,
- keeps at arms length ,
- keeps at bay ,
- keeps at distance ,
- keeps bay ,
- keeps distance ,
- kept a distance ,
- kept arm length ,
- kept arm's length ,
- kept arms length ,
- kept at a distance ,
- kept at arm length ,
- kept at arm's length ,
- kept at arms length ,
- kept at distance ,
- kept bay ,
- kept distance ,
- lashed out at ,
- lashes out at ,
- lashing out at ,
- pushed back ,
- pushes back ,
- pushing back ,
- put in one place ,
- put in ones place ,
- put one place ,
- put one's place ,
- put ones place ,
- put place ,
- puts in one place ,
- puts in one's place ,
- puts in ones place ,
- puts in place ,
- puts one place ,
- puts one's place ,
- puts ones place ,
- puts place ,
- putting in one place ,
- putting in one's place ,
- putting in ones place ,
- putting in place ,
- putting one place ,
- putting one's place ,
- putting ones place ,
- putting place ,
- re buff ,
- re buffed ,
- re buffing ,
- re buffs ,
- re prove ,
- re proved ,
- re proves ,
- re pulsed ,
- re pulses ,
- re pulsing ,
- re-buff ,
- re-buffed ,
- re-buffing ,
- re-buffs ,
- re-prove ,
- re-proved ,
- re-proves ,
- re-proving ,
- re-pulsed ,
- re-pulses ,
- re-pulsing .
- gave a wide berth ,
- gave runaround ,
- gave the runaround ,
- gave wide berth ,
- give runaround ,
- give wide berth ,
- gives a wide berth ,
- gives runaround ,
- gives the runaround ,
- gives wide berth ,
- giving a wide berth ,
- giving runaround ,
- giving the runaround ,
- giving wide berth ,
- had no part of ,
- had nothing do with ,
- had nothing to do with ,
- haddest no part of ,
- haddest nothing do with ,
- haddest nothing to do with ,
- hadst no part of ,
- hadst nothing do with ,
- hadst nothing to do with ,
- has no part of ,
- has nothing do with ,
- has nothing to do with ,
- hast no part of ,
- hast nothing do with ,
- hast nothing to do with ,
- hath no part of ,
- hath nothing do with ,
- hath nothing to do with ,
- have nothing do with ,
- having no part of ,
- having nothing do with ,
- having nothing to do with ,
- hid out ,
- hided out ,
- hides out ,
- hiding out ,
- keeping clear of ,
- keeps away from ,
- keeps clear of ,
- kept clear of ,
- palming off ,
- staid shy of ,
- standing aloof from ,
- stands aloof from ,
- stayed shy of ,
- staying shy of ,
- stays shy of ,
- steered clear of ,
- steers clear of ,
- stood aloof from .
- de crease ,
- de creased ,
- de creases ,
- de creasing ,
- de-crease ,
- de-creased ,
- de-creases ,
- de-creasing ,
- eased off ,
- eases off ,
- lay down job ,
- lay down on job ,
- laying back ,
- lays back ,
- lie down job ,
- lied down job ,
- lied down on job ,
- lies down job ,
- lies down on job ,
- lying down job ,
- lying down on job ,
- re duce ,
- re duces ,
- re lax ,
- re lease ,
- re leases ,
- re-duce ,
- re-duces ,
- re-lax ,
- re-lease ,
- re-leased ,
- re-leases ,
- slacked off ,
- slacks off ,
- slowing down ,
- slows down ,
- un tighten ,
- un tightened ,
- un tightening ,
- un tightens ,
- un-tighten ,
- un-tightened ,
- un-tightening ,
- un-tightens .
- gave brush ,
- gave cold shoulder to ,
- gave the brush ,
- gave the cold shoulder to ,
- give brush ,
- gives brush ,
- gives cold shoulder to ,
- gives the brush ,
- gives the cold shoulder to ,
- giving brush ,
- giving cold shoulder to ,
- giving the brush ,
- giving the cold shoulder to ,
- makes light of ,
- making light of ,
- not give time day ,
- showed disrespect ,
- showing disrespect ,
- shows disrespect ,
- treated with contempt ,
- treating with contempt ,
- treats with contempt ,
- turned deaf ear to ,
- turning deaf ear to ,
- turns deaf ear to .
- cuts dead ,
- cutting dead ,
- iced out ,
- ices out ,
- icing out ,
- look coldly up on ,
- looked coldly up on ,
- looked coldly upon ,
- looked right through ,
- looking coldly up on ,
- looking coldly upon ,
- looking right through ,
- looks coldly up on ,
- looks coldly upon ,
- looks right through ,
- puts chill on ,
- puts the chill on ,
- putting chill on ,
- putting the chill on ,
- snobbed ,
- snobbing .
- Re sign ,
- all owed ,
- all owing ,
- all-owed ,
- all-owing ,
- de lay ,
- de laying ,
- de lays ,
- de-lay ,
- de-laying ,
- de-lays ,
- dis claim ,
- dis claimed ,
- dis claiming ,
- dis claims ,
- dis-claim ,
- dis-claimed ,
- dis-claiming ,
- dis-claims ,
- post pone ,
- post pones ,
- post-pones ,
- pro rogue ,
- pro rogues ,
- pro roguing ,
- pro-rogued ,
- pro-rogues ,
- pro-roguing ,
- re move ,
- re moved ,
- re moving ,
- re serve ,
- re served ,
- re serving ,
- re signed ,
- re signing ,
- re signs ,
- re-move ,
- re-moves ,
- re-moving ,
- re-serve ,
- re-served ,
- re-serves ,
- re-serving ,
- re-signed ,
- re-signs ,
- refrained from ,
- refraining from ,
- refrains from ,
- sur rendered ,
- sur rendering ,
- sur renders ,
- sur-render ,
- sur-rendered ,
- sur-rendering ,
- sur-renders .
Other synonyms:
- blow off ,
- bother ,
- bottle out ,
- contemplate ,
- demur ,
- deny ,
- disavow ,
- disclaim ,
- enlist ,
- igg ,
- meddle ,
- nonfeasance ,
- overdo ,
- override ,
- perform ,
- persuade ,
- refrain ,
- resist ,
- sit by ,
- speculate ,
- stand apart ,
- stand around ,
- stand aside ,
- stand by ,
- think ,
- use .
- space .
- wander .
Other relevant words:
- Burkes ,
- Burking ,
- Burring ,
- By-pass ,
- Idled ,
- Misprize ,
- Overpassed ,
- Overshooting ,
- Prorogued ,
- Proroguing ,
- Ratted ,
- Shying ,
- Slackened ,
- Vilipend ,
- Welch ,
- act cool ,
- allergic to ,
- be late for ,
- beat off ,
- blink at ,
- brush away ,
- burke ,
- burked ,
- burred ,
- by-passed ,
- by-passes ,
- by-passing ,
- cast aside ,
- cold-shoulder ,
- cold-shouldered ,
- cold-shouldering ,
- cold-shoulders ,
- coldshoulder ,
- cut dead ,
- depart from ,
- despise ,
- detoured ,
- detouring ,
- deviate from ,
- discount ,
- disinherit ,
- disobey ,
- drop the ball ,
- dropped the ball ,
- dropping the ball ,
- ease off ,
- easing off ,
- elide ,
- fail ,
- fall flat on face ,
- fall short ,
- falling short ,
- featherbed ,
- featherbedded ,
- featherbedding ,
- featherbeds ,
- feel contempt for ,
- fending off ,
- flubbed ,
- forego ,
- get around ,
- getting around ,
- give a wide berth ,
- give cold shoulder to ,
- give the brush ,
- give the cold shoulder ,
- give the cold shoulder to ,
- give the runaround ,
- go around ,
- go around the barn ,
- going around ,
- goof off ,
- goofing off ,
- hated ,
- have no part of ,
- have no use for ,
- have nothing to do with ,
- having no use for ,
- hide out ,
- ice out ,
- iced ,
- ignore ,
- keep arm's length ,
- keep at a distance ,
- keep at arm's length ,
- keep at bay ,
- keep away from ,
- keep clear of ,
- keep distance ,
- keeping away from ,
- kept at bay ,
- kept away from ,
- laid back ,
- lash out at ,
- laugh off ,
- laxed ,
- laxes ,
- laxing ,
- lay back ,
- leave out ,
- leave out of account ,
- leave town ,
- leave undone ,
- leaves out ,
- leaves town ,
- left undone ,
- let go ,
- let off easy ,
- let pass ,
- let slide ,
- let slip ,
- lets go ,
- letting go ,
- lie down on job ,
- live with ,
- living with ,
- loathe ,
- look coldly upon ,
- look down nose at ,
- look right through ,
- look the other way ,
- made light of ,
- make light of ,
- make unwelcome ,
- meet under arch ,
- mislay ,
- misprized ,
- misprizing ,
- miss ,
- miss out ,
- missed out ,
- muff ,
- neglect ,
- not give time of day ,
- not hear of ,
- omit ,
- over pass ,
- overpast ,
- overshoot ,
- overshoots ,
- overshot ,
- pass ,
- pass around ,
- pass over ,
- pass up ,
- passed by ,
- passed up ,
- passing around ,
- pay no heed to ,
- pay no mind ,
- paying no mind ,
- play hooky ,
- playing hooky ,
- pooh pooh ,
- prorogue ,
- prorogues ,
- push back ,
- put chill on ,
- put in one's place ,
- put in place ,
- put on the cuff ,
- put the chill on ,
- ran away ,
- ratting ,
- rebuff ,
- refrain from ,
- run away ,
- run out on ,
- running away ,
- running out on ,
- runs away ,
- see in the alley ,
- send away ,
- sending away ,
- sends away ,
- sent away ,
- shies ,
- show disrespect ,
- shrug off ,
- shun ,
- shut eyes to ,
- skate ,
- skating ,
- skim over ,
- skip ,
- skip out on ,
- slack off ,
- slackening ,
- slackens ,
- slacking off ,
- slow down ,
- slowed down ,
- snub ,
- stand aloof from ,
- stay shy of ,
- steer clear of ,
- steering clear of ,
- stiffed ,
- stiffs ,
- take back road ,
- take no notice of ,
- treat with contempt ,
- trip up ,
- tripped up ,
- tune out ,
- turn a blind eye ,
- turn a deaf ear ,
- turn deaf ear to ,
- turn down ,
- turn up one's nose ,
- undershoot ,
- undershoots ,
- undershot ,
- undervalued ,
- waive ,
- ward off ,
- welsh ,
- went around ,
- wink at ,
- winked at .
- Dispraised ,
- Dispraising ,
- be little ,
- detract from ,
- dispraise ,
- dispraises ,
- mistrust ,
- scoff at ,
- scoffed at .
- Mutinied ,
- Revolutionizing ,
- Transgressed ,
- be remiss ,
- break rules ,
- fly in face of ,
- go counter to ,
- infringe ,
- insurrect ,
- not heed ,
- not heeded ,
- not heeding ,
- not listen ,
- not listening ,
- not mind ,
- overstep ,
- pay no attention to ,
- recalcitrate ,
- rise in arms ,
- setting aside ,
- take law into own hands .
- Faulted ,
- Faulting ,
- Funking ,
- break one's word ,
- failed ,
- funked ,
- go astray ,
- goes astray ,
- going astray ,
- went astray .
- Winked ,
- be oblivious to ,
- blink ,
- bury one's head in sand ,
- let it go ,
- take no notice ,
- turn back on ,
- turn blind eye ,
- turn deaf ear ,
- turned back on ,
- winking .
- affront ,
- be careless ,
- be derelict ,
- be irresponsible ,
- be negligent ,
- brush aside ,
- brush off ,
- condemn ,
- defer ,
- depreciate ,
- detest ,
- discard ,
- dismiss ,
- disregard ,
- evade ,
- gloss over ,
- not care for ,
- not trouble oneself ,
- overleap ,
- overpass ,
- pass by ,
- postpone ,
- pretermit ,
- procrastinate ,
- reject ,
- scant ,
- shirk ,
- skimp ,
- slur ,
- spurn ,
- suspend ,
- think little of ,
- trifle ,
- underestimate .
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How to use "Neglect" in context?
Neglect can have a devastating effect on a person's life, leading to a range of mental health problems. It is a form of maltreatment that is often found in relationships, and can be caused by a lack of care and attention. It can lead to feelings of isolation, loneliness and despair, and can damage a person's mental and physical health.
Neglect can take many different forms. It can be when a person does not have enough money to cover the basic needs of their family, such as food and shelter. It can also mean being ignored or left alone, with no access to basic services.
Paraphrases for Neglect:
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Equivalence
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Proper noun, singular
neglected, negligence, Neglecting.
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Noun, singular or mass
negligence.
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Adverb
negligence.
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Proper noun, singular
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Reverse Entailment
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Noun, singular or mass
dereliction, oversight.
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Noun, singular or mass
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Independent
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Proper noun, singular
leavers.
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Noun, singular or mass
attrition, defiance, derelict, disregard, failure, helplessness, ill-treatment, inaction, lapse, malpractice, maltreatment, misconduct, mistreatment, negligent, renunciation, sight, Lacunae, Orphanhood, Non-observance, drop-out, phasing-out.
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Verb, past tense
disregarded, failed, overlooked, violated, Omitted.
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Verb, base form
dismiss, disregard, flout, omit, underestimate.
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Proper noun, singular
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Other Related
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Proper noun, singular
abandonment.
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Noun, singular or mass
abandonment, carelessness, contempt, desertion, disinterest, dropout, failing, forgetfulness, inattention, indifference, laxity, marginalization, mismanagement, oblivion, omission, relinquishment, slackness, non-completion.
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Verb, non-3rd person singular present
overlook.
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Verb, 3rd person singular present
overlooks.
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Verb, base form
overlook.
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Proper noun, singular
Homophones for Neglect:
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sucres
- Synonyms:
- dominoes, dominos.
