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negative

modif.

Involving a refusal
denying, negatory, dissentient, disavowing, contradictory, contrary, adverse, adversarial, repugnant, recusant, gainsaying, impugning, contravening, rejecting, naysaying, disallowing, nullifying, negating.
Antonyms admissible*, assenting, accepting.
Lacking positive qualities
unaffirmative, absent, removed, privative, neutralizing, counteractive, annulling, abrogating, invalidating.
Antonyms emphatic*, positive, affirmative.
Pessimistic
cynical, unenthusiastic, uninterested, glum, morose, cool*, cold*.

negative Synonyms

negative

n.

A refusal
contradiction, disavowal, refutation; see denial 1, refusal.
A negative image
film, plate, developed film; see image 2, picture 2.

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Another word for negative

adjective

Tending to discourage, retard, or make more difficult:

adverse, disadvantageous, unadvantageous, unfavorable, unsatisfactory, untoward. See help

verb

To prevent or forbid authoritatively:
blackball, turn down, veto. (Slang) nix. Idiom: turn thumbs down on. See accept
To refuse to admit the truth, reality, value, or worth of:
contradict, contravene, controvert, deny, disaffirm, gainsay, negate, oppugn. (Law) traverse. See affirm