Ignore
Ignore verb - To fail to give proper attention to.
Mess with
Mess with verb - To handle thoughtlessly, ignorantly, or mischievously.
Both terms in one sentence
- Most writers will callback to previous stories they created but will ignore the ones made by others so as not to mess with anyone's long-term story plans.
Source: Status Quo Is God - They must ignore the warnings and must enter the spooky cellar and mess with an artifact unleashing some type of horror.
-
No Sell: The Bohr Waveform Adjusters mess with the traditional counter system, so bullets bounce off infantry and tanks ignore AT weapons.
Cite this Source
Mess with and Ignore. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/ignore/mess_with
Ignore & Mess with. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/ignore/mess_with>.
Mess with or Ignore. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/ignore/mess_with.
Google Ngram Viewer shows how "ignore" and "mess with" have occurred on timeline