Antonyms for negative
| Grammar : Adj, noun |
| Spell : neg-uh-tiv |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈnɛg ə tɪv |
Definition of negative
Origin :- c.1400, "expressing denial," from Old French negatif (13c.) and directly from Latin negativus "that which denies," from negat-, past participle stem of negare "deny, say no" (see deny). Meaning "expressing negation" is from c.1500; that of "characterized by absence" is from 1560s. Algebraic sense is from 1670s. The electricity sense is from 1755.
- Negative Capability, that is when a man is capable of being in uncertainties, Mysteries, doubts without any irritable reaching after fact and reason. [John Keats, letter, Dec. 21, 1817]
- Related: Negatively.
- adj bad, contradictory
- noun contradiction
- It is a negative power, and is conservative in its character.
- Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various
- They have begun so cruelly with me, that I have not spirit enough to assert my own negative.
- Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
- And, the reply being in the negative, had said, 'Then I won't look at you.'
- Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens
- A few took up the refrain, but the general tone was negative.
- Extract from : « The Slave Of The Lamp » by Henry Seton Merriman
- You may say if you like that Robespierre was (in a negative sort of way) mad.
- Extract from : « Alarms and Discursions » by G. K. Chesterton
- Here, then, we have some negative certainties and some positive uncertainties.
- Extract from : « Storyology » by Benjamin Taylor
- The picture of perfection itself is cold, negative, and mediocre.
- Extract from : « Shelley, Godwin and Their Circle » by H. N. Brailsford
- At present, let us have a look at the negative already treated.
- Extract from : « Spawn of the Comet » by Harold Thompson Rich
- He lifted the anode from the solution now, removed the negative, and held it up.
- Extract from : « Spawn of the Comet » by Harold Thompson Rich
- It is a negative idea which in the course of ages has become positive.
- Extract from : « Theaetetus » by Plato
Synonyms for negative
- abrogating
- adverse
- against
- annulling
- antagonistic
- anti
- balky
- colorless
- con
- contrary
- contravening
- counteractive
- cynical
- denial
- denying
- detrimental
- disallowing
- disavowal
- disavowing
- dissentient
- dissenting
- gainsaying
- gloomy
- impugning
- invalidating
- jaundiced
- nay
- naysaying
- neutralizing
- nugatory
- nullifying
- opposing
- pessimistic
- privative
- recusant
- refusal
- refusing
- refutation
- rejecting
- removed
- repugnant
- resisting
- resistive
- unaffirmative
- unenthusiastic
- unfavorable
- uninterested
- unwilling
- weak
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