1. negative - Noun
2. negative - Adjective
3. negative - Verb
4. negative - Interjection
5. negative - Adjective Satellite
Denying; implying, containing, or asserting denial, negation or refusal; returning the answer no to an inquiry or request; refusing assent; as, a negative answer; a negative opinion; -- opposed to affirmative.
Not positive; without affirmative statement or demonstration; indirect; consisting in the absence of something; privative; as, a negative argument; a negative morality; negative criticism.
Asserting absence of connection between a subject and a predicate; as, a negative proposition.
Of or pertaining to a picture upon glass or other material, in which the lights and shades of the original, and the relations of right and left, are reversed.
Metalloidal; nonmetallic; -- contracted with positive or basic; as, the nitro group is negative.
A proposition by which something is denied or forbidden; a conception or term formed by prefixing the negative particle to one which is positive; an opposite or contradictory term or conception.
A word used in denial or refusal; as, not, no.
The refusal or withholding of assents; veto.
That side of a question which denies or refuses, or which is taken by an opposing or denying party; the relation or position of denial or opposition; as, the question was decided in the negative.
A picture upon glass or other material, in which the light portions of the original are represented in some opaque material (usually reduced silver), and the dark portions by the uncovered and transparent or semitransparent ground of the picture.
To prove unreal or intrue; to disprove.
To reject by vote; to refuse to enact or sanction; as, the Senate negatived the bill.
To neutralize the force of; to counteract.
Source: Webster's dictionaryIf you realized how powerful your thoughts are, you would never think a negative thought. Peace Pilgrim
Positive thinking will let you do everything better than negative thinking will. Zig Ziglar
The immense popularity of American movies abroad demonstrates that Europe is the unfinished negative of which America is the proof. Mary McCarthy
I never looked at the consequences of missing a big shot... when you think about the consequences you always think of a negative result. Michael Jordan
A deadline is negative inspiration. Still, it's better than no inspiration at all. Rita Mae Brown
Clean your heart and mind of negative thoughts. Kashmir Proverb