negative

Definitions

1. 1adjective

   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.

2. 2adjective

   Not positive; without affirmative statement or demonstration; indirect; consisting in the absence of something; privative; as, a negative argument; a negative morality; negative criticism.

3. 3adjective

   Asserting absence of connection between a subject and a predicate; as, a negative proposition.

4. 4adjective

   Of or pertaining to a picture upon glass or other material, in which the lights and shades of the original, and the relations of right and left, are reversed.

5. 5adjective

   Metalloidal; nonmetallic; -- contracted with positive or basic; as, the nitro group is negative.

6. 6noun

   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.

7. 7noun

   A word used in denial or refusal; as, not, no.

8. 8noun

   The refusal or withholding of assents; veto.

9. 9noun

   That side of a question which denies or refuses, or which is taken by an opposing or denying party; the relation or position of denial or opposition; as, the question was decided in the negative.

10. 10noun

    A picture upon glass or other material, in which the light portions of the original are represented in some opaque material (usually reduced silver), and the dark portions by the uncovered and transparent or semitransparent ground of the picture.

11. 11noun

    The negative plate of a voltaic or electrolytic cell.

12. 12transitive verb

    To prove unreal or intrue; to disprove.

13. 13transitive verb

    To reject by vote; to refuse to enact or sanction; as, the Senate negatived the bill.

14. 14transitive verb

    To neutralize the force of; to counteract.

15. 15noun

    a piece of photographic film showing an image with light and shade or colors reversed

16. 16noun

    a reply of denial

    "he answered in the negative"

17. 17verb

    vote against; refuse to endorse; refuse to assent

    "The President vetoed the bill"

    Synonyms

    blackballveto
18. 18adjective

    involving disadvantage or harm

    "minus (or negative) factors"

    Synonyms

    minus
19. 19adjective

    expressing or consisting of a negation or refusal or denial

20. 20adjective

    having a negative charge

    "electrons are negative"

    Synonyms

    electronegative
21. 21adjective

    designed or tending to discredit, especially without positive or helpful suggestions

    "negative criticism"

    Synonyms

    damaging
22. 22adjective

    having the quality of something harmful or unpleasant

    "ran a negative campaign"

    "delinquents retarded by their negative outlook on life"

23. 23adjective

    characterized by or displaying negation or denial or opposition or resistance; having no positive features

    "a negative outlook on life"

    "a colorless negative personality"

24. 24adjective

    less than zero

    "a negative number"

25. 25adjective

    reckoned in a direction opposite to that regarded as positive

    "negative interest rates"

26. 26adjective

    not indicating the presence of microorganisms or disease or a specific condition

    "the HIV test was negative"