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negative

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

negative

n. a reply of denial; "he answered in the negative"

veto, blackball, negative

v. vote against; refuse to endorse; refuse to assent; "The President vetoed the bill"

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negative

adj. expressing or consisting of a negation or refusal or denial

negative

adj. less than zero; "a negative number"

negative

adj. (backward)

negative, disconfirming

adj. not indicating the presence of microorganisms or disease or a specific condition; "the HIV test was negative"

minus, negative

adj. involving disadvantage or harm; "minus (or negative) factors"

negative, electronegative

adj. having a negative electric charge; "electrons are negative"

damaging, negative

adj. designed or tending to discredit, especially without positive or helpful suggestions; "negative criticism"

negative, electronegative, negatively charged

adj. having a negative charge; "electrons are negative"

override

v. ride (a horse) too hard

adverse, inauspicious, untoward

adj. contrary to your interests or welfare; "adverse circumstances"; "made a place for themselves under the most untoward conditions"

disapproving

adj. expressing or manifesting disapproval

unfortunate, unlucky

adj. causing negative effects

prejudicial, prejudicious

adj. tending to favor preconceived ideas; "the presence of discriminatory or prejudicial attitudes in the white population"

ill

adj. indicating hostility or enmity; "you certainly did me an ill turn"; "ill feelings"; "ill will"

detractive

adj. causing to decrease in importance or value; "detractive influences on the volume of investment"

contemptuous, disdainful, insulting, scornful

adj. expressing extreme contempt

unflattering, uncomplimentary

adj. showing or representing unfavorably; "an unflattering portrait"; "an uncomplimentary dress"

contrary, obstinate, perverse, wayward

adj. resistant to guidance or discipline; "Mary Mary quite contrary"; "an obstinate child with a violent temper"; "a perverse mood"; "wayward behavior"

dyslogistic, dislogistic, pejorative

adj. expressing disapproval; "dyslogistic terms like `nitwit' and `scalawag'"

derisive, gibelike, jeering, mocking, taunting

adj. abusing vocally; expressing contempt or ridicule; "derisive laughter"; "a jeering crowd"; "her mocking smile"; "taunting shouts of `coward' and `sissy'"

destructive

adj. causing destruction or much damage; "a policy that is destructive to the economy"; "destructive criticism"

pessimistic

adj. expecting the worst possible outcome

unsupportive

adj. not furnishing support or assistance

backswept, sweptback

adj. used of hair

cacuminal, retroflex

adj. pronounced with the tip of the tongue turned back toward the hard palate

converse, reversed, transposed

adj. turned about in order or relation; "transposed letters"

inverse, reverse

adj. reversed (turned backward) in order or nature or effect

rearward, reverse

adj. directed or moving toward the rear; "a rearward glance"; "a rearward movement"

receding(a)

adj. (of a hairline e.g.) moving slowly back

reflexive, self-referent

adj. referring back to itself

regardant(ip)

adj. looking backward

retracted

adj. drawn back and in; "a cat with retracted claws"

retroflex, retroflexed

adj. bent or curved backward

retrograde

adj. moving from east to west on the celestial sphere; or--for planets--around the sun in a direction opposite to that of the Earth

returning(a), reversive

adj. tending to be turned back

antagonistic, counter

adj. indicating opposition or resistance

perverse

adj. marked by a disposition to oppose and contradict; "took perverse satisfaction in foiling her plans"

minus, negative

adj. involving disadvantage or harm; "minus (or negative) factors"

non

adj. (prefix) reverse of or absence of: "`nonhuman' is a negative term"

antagonistic, counter

adj. indicating opposition or resistance

negative, disconfirming

adj. not indicating the presence of microorganisms or disease or a specific condition; "the HIV test was negative"

perverse

adj. marked by a disposition to oppose and contradict; "took perverse satisfaction in foiling her plans"

non

adj. (prefix) reverse of or absence of: "`nonhuman' is a negative term"

annihilative, annihilating, devastating, withering

adj. wreaking or capable of wreaking complete destruction; "possessing annihilative power"; "a devastating hurricane"; "the guns opened a withering fire"

blasting, ruinous

adj. causing injury or blight; especially affecting with sudden violence or plague or ruin; "the blasting effects of the intense cold on the budding fruit"; "the blasting force of the wind blowing sharp needles of sleet in our faces"; "a ruinous war"

corrosive

adj. spitefully sarcastic; "corrosive cristism"

crushing, devastating

adj. physically or spiritually devastating; often used in combination; "a crushing blow"; "a crushing rejection"; "bone-crushing"

soul-destroying

adj. destructive to the spirit or soul; "soul-destroying labor"

erosive

adj. wearing away by friction; "the erosive effects of waves on the shoreline"

obliterating, obscurant

adj. making undecipherable or imperceptible: "obliterating mists"; "an obscurant bank of clouds"

ravaging

adj. ruinously destructive and wasting; "a ravaging illness"

wasteful

adj. laying waste; "when wasteful war shall statues overturn"- Shakespeare

positive, electropositive, positively charged

adj. having a positive charge; "protons are positive"

polar

adj. having a pair of equal and opposite charges

affirmative

n. a reply of affirmation; "he answered in the affirmative"

affirmative, affirmatory

adj. affirming or giving assent; "an affirmative decision"; "affirmative votes"

favorable, favourable

adj. encouraging or approving or pleasing; "a favorable reply"; "he received a favorable rating"; "listened with a favorable ear"; "made a favorable impression"

positive, favorable, favourable

adj. characterized by or displaying affirmation or acceptance or certainty etc.; "a positive attitude"; "the reviews were all positive"; "a positive benefit"; "a positive demand"

neutral

adj. possessing no distinctive quality or characteristics

positive

adj. greater than zero; "positive numbers"

positive, confirming

adj. indicating existence or presence of a suspected condition or pathogen; "a positive pregnancy test"

neutral, electroneutral

adj. having no net electric charge

positive, electropositive

adj. having a positive electric charge; "protons are positive"

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