Antonyms for eavesdrop

Grammar : Verb

Spell : eevz-drop

Phonetic Transcription : ˈivzˌdrɒp

ignore

Definition of eavesdrop

Origin : c.1600, probably a back-formation from eavesdropper. Related: Eavesdropping.

verb listen without permission

Example sentences :

Let us hope that Eavesdrop will sketch off Henbane, and that Henbane will poison him for his trouble.
Extract from : « Crotchet Castle » by Thomas Love Peacock

With no desire to eavesdrop, Mr. Green could not avoid overhearing the conversation.
Extract from : « The Building of a Book » by Various

So I judged I'd got to do the other thing—lay for them and eavesdrop.
Extract from : « Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Complete » by Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)

I said to him, 'It won't do, daddy, for you to eavesdrop at our doors.
Extract from : « A Family of Noblemen » by Mikhal Saltykov

"You'd think there were better things to eavesdrop on than fishes," said Urson.
Extract from : « The Jewels of Aptor » by Samuel R. Delany

I don't say I actually hurried away, but I wasn't going to eavesdrop.
Extract from : « The Ranch Girls at Rainbow Lodge » by Margaret Vandercook

I slave and eavesdrop for you, and now you won't do the rest yourself.
Extract from : « Father Stafford » by Anthony Hope

I had no intention to eavesdrop, but I was drowsy and for a moment or two I nodded again.
Extract from : « The Story of Bawn » by Katharine Tynan

She wanted to hear, but it went against her grain to eavesdrop.
Extract from : « Big Timber » by Bertrand W. Sinclair

He had not meant to eavesdrop, to listen to words not meant for his hearing.
Extract from : « Burned Bridges » by Bertrand W. Sinclair

Synonyms for eavesdrop

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