NEGATIVE

/ˈnɛ(e)ɡəˌɾɪv/ ► audio Scrabble 12 Words With Friends 15

Definition

verb vote against. — synonyms: veto, blackball
noun a reply of denial.
noun a piece of photographic film showing an image with light and shade or colors reversed.
adjective characterized by or displaying negation or denial or opposition or resistance.
adjective expressing or consisting of a negation or refusal or denial.
adjective having the quality of something harmful or unpleasant.
adjective not indicating the presence of microorganisms or disease or a specific condition. — synonyms: disconfirming
adjective reckoned in a direction opposite to that regarded as positive.
adjective less than zero.
adjective designed or tending to discredit, especially without positive or helpful suggestions. — synonyms: damaging
adjective having a negative charge. — synonyms: electronegative, negatively_charged
adjective involving disadvantage or harm. — synonyms: minus

“Customers didn’t like it: feedback was mostly negative.”
“I don’t like to hang around him very much because he can be so negative about his petty problems.”
“The nitro group is negative.”