negative

negative
I
(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)
adj. denying (see negation); minus (see deduction). —n. negation. See photography. Ant., positive; plus.
II
(Roget's IV) modif.
1. [Involving a refusal]
Syn. denying, negatory, dissentient, disavowing, contradictory, contrary, adverse, adversarial, repugnant, recusant, gainsaying, impugning, contravening, rejecting, naysaying, disallowing, nullifying, negating.
Ant. admissible*, assenting, accepting.
2. [Lacking positive qualities]
Syn. unaffirmative, absent, removed, privative, neutralizing, counteractive, annulling, abrogating, invalidating.
Ant. emphatic*, positive, affirmative.
3. [Pessimistic]
Syn. cynical, unenthusiastic, uninterested, glum, morose, cool*, cold*.
n.
1. [A refusal]
Syn. contradiction, disavowal, refutation; see denial 1 , refusal .
2. [A negative image]
Syn. film, plate, developed film; see image 2 , picture 2 .
III
(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus)
I
n.
no, nay, not.
II
a.
denying, nullifying, voiding, invalidating, opposing, vetoing, contradictory, contrary, conflicting, inverse.
IV
(Roget's Thesaurus II) I adjective Tending to discourage, retard, or make more difficult: adverse, disadvantageous, unadvan-tageous, unfavorable, unsatisfactory, untoward. See HELP. II verb 1. To prevent or forbid authoritatively: blackball, turn down, veto. Slang: nix. Idiom: turn thumbs down on. See ACCEPT. 2. To refuse to admit the truth, reality, value, or worth of: contradict, contravene, controvert, deny, disaffirm, gainsay, negate, oppugn. Law: traverse. See AFFIRM.

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