пренебрегать — meaning in English
prenebregat
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English meaning
- contemn verb To look down on someone or something as worthless.
- defy verb To openly refuse to obey or comply with something.
- despise verb To feel strong contempt or scorn for someone or something.
- disregard verb To deliberately ignore or pay no attention to something.
- fail verb To be unsuccessful in achieving something.
- flout verb To openly ignore or disobey a rule or law, showing no respect for it.
- ignore verb To deliberately pay no attention to someone or something.
- neglect verb To fail to give proper care or attention to someone or something.
- omit verb To leave something out or exclude it.
- scout noun A person sent ahead to gather information, especially about an enemy or unfamiliar territory.
Senses
пренебрегать is used for these senses in English:
- contemn (transitive, archaic) To disdain; to value at little or nothing; to treat or regard with contempt.
- defy (transitive, obsolete) To renounce or dissolve all bonds of affiance, faith, or obligation with; to reject, refuse, or renounce.
- despise To disregard or ignore.
- disregard (transitive) To ignore; to pay no attention to.
- fail (transitive) To be wanting to, to be insufficient for, to disappoint, to desert; to disappoint one's expectations.
- flout (transitive) To express contempt for (laws, rules, etc.) by word or action.
- ignore To deliberately not listen or pay attention to.
- neglect (transitive) To omit to notice; to forbear to treat with attention or respect; to slight.
contemn — full definition
- verb To look down on someone or something as worthless.
- verb (law) To break a court order or ignore a judge's authority.
defy — full definition
- verb To openly refuse to obey or comply with something.
- verb To resist or fail to conform to something, as if impossible to overcome.
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