English to English
negative
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adjective (a)
- characterized by or displaying negation or denial or opposition or resistance; having no positive features(adj.all)Example:
A negative outlook on life.
A colorless negative personality.
A negative evaluation.
A negative reaction to an advertising campaign.
source: wordnet30 - expressing or consisting of a negation or refusal or denial(adj.all)source: wordnet30
- not indicating the presence of microorganisms or disease or a specific condition(adj.all)Example:
The HIV test was negative.
source: wordnet30 - reckoned in a direction opposite to that regarded as positive(adj.all)Example:
Negative interest rates.
source: wordnet30 - Denying; implying, containing, or asserting denial, negation or refusal; returning the answer no to an inquiry or request; refusing assent; as, a negative answer; a negative opinion; -- opposed to affirmative.(adjective)source: webster1913
noun (n)
- a reply of denial(noun.communication)Example:
He answered in the negative.
source: wordnet30 - a piece of photographic film showing an image with light and shade or colors reversed(noun.artifact)source: wordnet30
- A proposition by which something is denied or forbidden; a conception or term formed by prefixing the negative particle to one which is positive; an opposite or contradictory term or conception.(noun)source: webster1913
adjective satellite (s)
- having the quality of something harmful or unpleasant(adj.all)Example:
Ran a negative campaign.
Delinquents retarded by their negative outlook on life.
source: wordnet30 - less than zero(adj.all)Example:
A negative number.
source: wordnet30 - designed or tending to discredit, especially without positive or helpful suggestions(adj.all)Example:
Negative criticism.
source: wordnet30 - having a negative charge(adj.all)Example:
Electrons are negative.
source: wordnet30 - involving disadvantage or harm(adj.all)Example:
Minus (or negative) factors.
source: wordnet30
verb (v)
- To prove unreal or untrue; to disprove.(verb)source: webster1913
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