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listened

VERB

hear and pay attention

Synonyms

STRONGEST

accept admit attend get observe take notice tune in

STRONG

adopt audit auscultate catch concentrate eavesdrop entertain hark harken hearken mind monitor obey overhear receive welcome

WEAK

auscult be all ears be attentive get a load of give an audience to give attention give heed to hang on words hear out hear tell lend an ear pick up on prick up ears take advice take into consideration take under advisement tune in on

Antonyms

STRONGEST

deny dispute ignore miss refuse reject

STRONG

disobey disregard forget neglect turn away

WEAK

speak talk

Example Sentences

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Laura says she and other patients had expressed worries about their treatment at the unit - later described in an independent report as "chaotic and unsafe" - but she says nobody listened.

From BBC • May 26, 2026

"Nobody listened at all. And it's hard to say, but it feels like nobody cared."

From BBC • May 26, 2026

In his teens, when he wasn’t sitting in movie theaters watching westerns, he listened to records by Fats Waller and Hawkins.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 2026

If scientists could peek into your brain while you listened to Chet Baker sing “My Funny Valentine,” perhaps they’d see how his worn-down murmurings float you off to a nightclub in the stars.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026

We listened to the gramophone instead, and longed every day for the war to be over, for Papi to be home again with us.

From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo