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- a piece of photographic film showing an image with black and white tones reversed
- a reply of denial; "he answered in the negative"
- vote against; refuse to endorse; refuse to assent; "The President vetoed the bill"
- involving disadvantage or harm; "minus (or negative) factors"
- expressing or consisting of a negation or refusal or denial
- reckoned in a direction opposite to that regarded as positive
- designed or tending to discredit, especially without positive or helpful suggestions; "negative criticism"
- having the quality of something harmful or unpleasant; "ran a negative campaign"; "delinquents retarded by their negative outlook on life"
- characterized by or displaying negation or denial or opposition or resistance; having no positive features; "a negative outlook on life"; "a colorless negative personality"; "a negative evaluation"; "a negative reaction to an advertising campaign"
- less than zero; "a negative number"
- not indicating the presence of microorganisms or disease or a specific condition; "the HIV test was negative"
- having a negative electric charge; "electrons are negative"
Similar Words: veto,
blackball,
minus,
damaging,
disconfirming,
electronegative
See Also: disinclined,
unfavorable,
unfavourable,
destructive,
pessimistic,
unsupportive
Hyponyms: no,
nay,
double negative,
kill,
shoot down,
defeat,
vote down,
vote out
Attributes: quality,
polarity,
sign
Entailments: vote
Derivational Morphology:
veto,
blackball
Anagrams:
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