negative
/ˈnɛɡətɪv/
adjective
- Expressing denial, refusal, or disagreement; not positive.
- His negative reaction to the idea discouraged the team.
- She gave a negative answer when asked if she wanted dessert.
- The review was mostly negative, pointing out several flaws.
- Having a harmful or pessimistic quality; not good or hopeful.
- Try to focus on the positive instead of the negative aspects.
- Constant negative thoughts can affect your mental health.
- The company faced negative publicity after the scandal.
- Less than zero; indicating a lack or absence of something.
- A negative number is any number below zero.
- The temperature dropped to negative ten degrees last night.
- The test result came back negative for the virus.
- Relating to the type of electrical charge carried by electrons.
- Electrons have a negative charge.
- The negative terminal of the battery is marked with a minus sign.
- Opposite charges attract: positive and negative pull toward each other.
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noun
- A statement or expression that says no or denies something.
- The answer was a clear negative.
- In the debate, she argued the negative side of the issue.
- He responded with a firm negative when asked to stay late.
- A photographic image in which light areas appear dark and dark areas appear light.
- The photographer developed the film into negatives.
- She stored the negatives in a safe, dry place.
- Old negatives can be scanned to create digital photos.
- A number less than zero.
- The temperature was a negative, so we stayed indoors.
- Multiplying two negatives gives a positive.
- In math class, we learned how to add and subtract negatives.
verb
- To reject, deny, or prove something to be false.
- The evidence negatived the suspect's alibi.
- They tried to negative the claim with hard facts.
- The experiment's results negatived the original hypothesis.