negative

A2
Pronunciation
/ˈnɛ(e)ɡəˌɾɪv/
/ˈnɛɡətɪv/
/-ɾɪv/
Noun
7 definition(s)
1 Definition

Refusal or withholding of assents; prohibition, veto

2 Definition

A right of veto.

3 Definition

An image in which dark areas represent light ones, and the converse.

4 Definition

(grammar) A word that indicates negation.

5 Definition

A negative quantity.

6 Definition

: A rep performed with weight in which the muscle begins at maximum contraction and is slowly extended; a movement performed using only the eccentric phase of muscle movement.

7 Definition

The negative plate of a voltaic or electrolytic cell.

Verb
4 definition(s)
1 Definition

To refuse; to veto.

2 Definition

To contradict.

3 Definition

To disprove.

4 Definition

To make ineffective; to neutralize.

Adjective
11 definition(s)
1 Definition

Not positive nor neutral.

2 Definition

Of electrical charge of an electron and related particles

3 Definition

Of a number: less than zero

Antonyms
nonnegative
4 Definition

Denying a proposition.

Antonyms
affirmative
5 Definition

Damaging; undesirable; unfavourable.

Example Sentences
  • Customers didn’t like it: feedback was mostly negative.
6 Definition

Often used pejoratively: pessimistic; not tending to see the bright side of things.

Example Sentences
  • I don’t like to hang around him very much because he can be so negative about his petty problems.
7 Definition

Of or relating to a photographic image in which the colours of the original, and the relations of left and right, are reversed.

8 Definition

Metalloidal, nonmetallic; contrasted with positive or basic.

Example Sentences
  • The nitro group is negative.
9 Definition

(New Age jargon) Often preceded by emotion, energy, feeling, or thought: to be avoided, bad, difficult, disagreeable, painful, potentially damaging, unpleasant, unwanted.

10 Definition

Characterized by the presence of features which do not support a hypothesis.

11 Definition

HIV negative

Interjection
1 definition(s)
1 Definition

(signalling) An elaborate synonym for no.