paid no heed
Turned deaf ear
To pay no heed is to ignore or disregard something completely, treating it as unworthy of attention or concern.
The phrase emphasizes deliberate inattention: She paid no heed to the warnings and went swimming anyway.
Often appears as paid no heed to or pays no heed to, suggesting willful dismissal rather than simple oversight.
- dismissSend away or reject
- ignoreRefuse to notice
- brush offDismissive rejection of someone
- brushed asideDismissed without serious thought
- disregardedNot given consideration
fell on deaf ears · tune out · zoned out · neglect · overlook · unheeded · snub · let slide · swept under the rug · disinterest · attention · oblivious · omit · apathetic · unconcerned · shrug · turned a blind eye · looked the other way
paid no heedpaid attention
Actively focused awareness
heeded · took notice · paid heed · attended to · took heed
paid, paying, payer, payers, payable, payment, payments, repaid, repaying