negative

Adjective
  1. Characterized by or displaying negation or denial or opposition or resistance;
    Having no positive features (synset 301823738)
    "a negative outlook on life"; "a colorless negative personality"; "a negative evaluation"; "a negative reaction to an advertising campaign"
    also:
    tells us about: quality - an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone
    similar to:
  2. Expressing or consisting of a negation or refusal or denial (synset 300076123)
    also:
    similar to: dissentient, dissenting, dissident - disagreeing, especially with a majority
  3. Having the quality of something harmful or unpleasant (synset 301132339)
    "ran a negative campaign"; "delinquents retarded by their negative outlook on life"
    similar to: bad - having undesirable or negative qualities
  4. Not indicating the presence of microorganisms or disease or a specific condition (synset 301826365)
    "the HIV test was negative"
    referred to in: medical specialty, medicine - the branches of medical science that deal with nonsurgical techniques
    similar to: gram-negative - (of bacteria) being of or relating to a bacterium that does not retain the violet stain used in Gram's method
    same as: disconfirming
  5. Reckoned in a direction opposite to that regarded as positive (synset 301825842)
    "negative interest rates"
  6. Less than zero (synset 301825480)
    "a negative number"
    referred to in: math, mathematics, maths - a science (or group of related sciences) dealing with the logic of quantity and shape and arrangement
    similar to: minus - on the negative side or lower end of a scale
  7. Designed or tending to discredit, especially without positive or helpful suggestions (synset 300590583)
    "negative criticism"
    similar to: destructive - causing destruction or much damage
    same as: damaging
  8. Having a negative charge (synset 300359614)
    "electrons are negative"
    similar to: charged - of a particle or body or system; having a net amount of positive or negative electric charge
    same as: electronegative, negatively charged
  9. Involving disadvantage or harm (synset 300066276)
    "minus (or negative) factors"
    similar to: disadvantageous, unfavorable, unfavourable - involving or creating circumstances detrimental to success or effectiveness
    same as: minus
Noun
  1. A reply of denial (synset 107219571)
    "he answered in the negative"
    is a type of: denial - the act of refusing to comply (as with a request)
    subtypes:
  2. A piece of photographic film showing an image with light and shade or colors reversed (synset 103822731)
    is a type of: film, photographic film - photographic material consisting of a base of celluloid covered with a photographic emulsion; used to make negatives or transparencies
Verb
  1. Vote against;
    Refuse to endorse;
    Refuse to assent (synset 202478854)
    "The President vetoed the bill"
    entail: vote - express a choice or opinion
    is a type of: contradict, controvert, oppose - be resistant to
    subtypes: defeat, kill, shoot down, vote down, vote out - thwart the passage of
    same as: blackball, veto

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