Antonyms for give ear

Grammar : Verb

Spell : eer

Phonetic Transcription : ɪər

Definition of give ear

Origin : "organ of hearing," Old English eare "ear," from Proto-Germanic *auzon (cf. Old Norse eyra, Danish øre, Old Frisian are, Old Saxon ore, Middle Dutch ore, Dutch oor, Old High German ora, German Ohr, Gothic auso), from PIE *ous- with a sense of "perception" (cf. Greek aus, Latin auris, Lithuanian ausis, Old Church Slavonic ucho, Old Irish au "ear," Avestan usi "the two ears"). The belief that itching or burning ears means someone is talking about you is mentioned in Pliny's "Natural History" (77 C.E.). Until at least the 1880s, even some medical men still believed piercing the ear lobes improved one's eyesight. Meaning "handle of a pitcher" is mid-15c. (but cf. Old English earde "having a handle"). To be wet behind the ears "naive" is implied from 1914. Phrase walls have ears attested from 1610s. Ear-bash (v.) is Australian slang (1944) for "to talk inordinately" (to someone).

As in heed : verb give care, thought to

Example sentences :

The Master said, Who would not give ear to a downright word?
Extract from : « The Sayings Of Confucius » by Confucius

Sir Orlando Drought was sounded, and he for a while did give ear to the suggestion.
Extract from : « The Prime Minister » by Anthony Trollope

Why did she ever give ear to her own suggestions, and cravings after wealth and grandeur?
Extract from : « Mary Barton » by Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell

But this give ear to: in all things be submissive to thy father.
Extract from : « In Doublet and Hose » by Lucy Foster Madison

And now give ear, if thou wouldst know the origin of Nitetis.
Extract from : « An Egyptian Princess, Complete » by Georg Ebers

Well, she was worth studying; she had ideas, and could give ear to ideas.
Extract from : « Diana of the Crossways, Complete » by George Meredith

Then she pleads for the simple and the foolish to give ear to her words.
Extract from : « The Pursuit of God » by A. W. Tozer

I am sure you do not give ear to anything so foolish, Mrs. Verrall.
Extract from : « The Shadow of Ashlydyat » by Mrs. Henry Wood

For a while she refused to give ear to his protestations, his explanations and his promises.
Extract from : « Max Fargus » by Owen Johnson

Not until he was fully satisfied did he give ear to the girls entreaty.
Extract from : « The Fair God » by Lew Wallace

Synonyms for give ear

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