negative

Meaning

1. Not positive nor neutral.
2. Of electrical charge of an electron and related particles
3. Of a number: less than zero
4. Of a number: less than zero
5. Denying a proposition.
6. Damaging; undesirable; unfavourable.
7. Pessimistic; not tending to see the bright side of things.
8. Of or relating to a photographic image in which the colours of the original, and the relations of left and right, are reversed.
9. Metalloidal, nonmetallic; contrasted with positive or basic.
10. Often preceded by emotion, energy, feeling, or thought: to be avoided, bad, difficult, disagreeable, painful, potentially damaging, unpleasant, unwanted.
11. Characterized by the presence of features which do not support a hypothesis.
12. (slang) HIV negative.
13. (slang) COVID-19 negative.
14. No, not any, zero.

negatively charged

don’t

electronegative

photographic negative

photographic film

photographic plate

negative image

photoplate

not be

negative cast

turn thumbs down

negative film

negative picture

reversed image

film negative

Frequency

Hyphenated as

neg‧a‧tive

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈnɛɡətɪv/

From Middle English negative, negatif, from Old French negatif, from Latin negātīvus (“that denies, negative”), from negāre (“to deny”); see negate.

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" Valentine " received largely negative reviews from critics .

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