negative

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Synonyms: negativa, negatize, -negative, negativ, negativo, negate, relative, negation, native, elative, sedative

Antonyms: negativa, negatize, -negative, negativ, negativo, negate, relative, negation, native, elative, sedative

Related words from Datamuse; suggestions, not definitions.

Adjective

1. Not [[positive]] or [[neutral]]; [[bad]]; [[undesirable]]; [[unfavourable]].
2. {{lb|en|mathematics}} Of a number: less than zero.
3. {{lb|en|medicine}} Of a test result: not positive, not detected.
4. {{lb|en|physics}} Of electrical charge of an [[electron]] and related particles {{defdate|from the 18th c.}}
5. {{lb|en|linguistics|logic}} [[deny|Denying]] a [[proposition]]; [[negating]] a [[concept]].
6. {{label|en|often used [[pejoratively]]}} [[pessimistic|Pessimistic]]; not tending to see the [[bright]] side of things.
7. Of or relating to a [[photographic]] [[image]] in which the [[colour#Noun|colours]] of the original, and the [[relation]]s of [[left]] and [[right]], are [[reverse]]d.
8. {{lb|en|chemistry}} [[metalloidal|Metalloidal]], [[nonmetallic]]; contrasted with [[positive]] or [[basic]].
9. {{lb|en|[[New Age]] [[jargon]]|pejorative}} ''Often preceded by'' '''{{l|en|emotion}}''', '''{{l|en|energy}}''', '''{{l|en|feeling}}''', or '''{{l|en|thought}}''': to be [[avoid]]ed, [[bad]], [[difficult]], [[disagreeable]], [[painful]], potentially [[damaging#Adjective|damaging]], [[unpleasant]], [[unwanted]].
10. [[characterize|Characterized]] by the presence of [[feature#Noun|features]] which do not [[support#Verb|support]] a [[hypothesis]].
11. {{lb|en|slang}} [[HIV negative]].
12. {{lb|en|slang}} [[COVID-19]] negative.

Noun

1. [[refusal|Refusal]] or [[withholding#Noun|withholding]] of [[assent#Noun|assents]]; [[prohibition]], [[veto]] {{defdate|from 15th c.}}
2. An unfavorable point or characteristic.
3. {{lb|en|law}} A [[right#Noun|right]] of veto.
4. {{senseid|en|photography}}{{lb|en|photography}} An [[image#Noun|image]] in which [[dark#Adjective|dark]] [[area]]s represent [[light#Adjective|light]] ones, and the [[converse]]. {{defdate|from 19th c.}}
5. {{lb|en|grammar}} A [[word#Noun|word]] that indicates [[negation]].
6. {{lb|en|mathematics}} A negative [[quantity]].
7. {{lb|en|weightlifting}} A [[repetition]] [[perform]]ed with a [[weight]] in which the [[muscle]] begins at [[maximum]] [[contraction]] and is [[slowly]] [[extend]]ed; a [[movement]] performed using only the [[eccentric]] [[phase#Noun|phase]] of [[muscle#Noun|muscle]] movement.
8. The negative [[plate#Noun|plate]] of a [[voltaic]] or [[electrolytic]] [[cell]].
9. {{lb|en|logic}} A statement that something didn’t happen or doesn’t exist.

Verb

1. {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[refuse#Verb|refuse]]; to [[veto#Verb|veto]].
2. {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[contradict]].
3. {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[disprove]].
4. {{lb|en|transitive}} To make [[ineffective]]; to [[neutralize]]; to [[negate]].

Interjection

1. {{lb|en|law|signalling}} [[no|No]]; [[nay]].

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