Converse of object

• carry: Why does the term carry such negative connotations for me?

• acquire: Increasingly it has acquired a negative connotation, implying excessive demand or pressure.

• attach: Connotations attached of the term also vary significantly between and within different countries.

• avoid: I would say principles rather than rules, to avoid the connotation of correctness.

• have: ABC also has connotations of grading degrees of failure.

• associate: Ballroom Unfortunately many may be put off by the connotations associated with ballroom dancing, particularly male potentials!

Adjective modifier

• pejorative: Bach argues against the pejorative connotations of " optical illusion " , which suggests they are visual malfunctions.

• negative: No negative connotation was intended by the label ' short ' .

• derogatory: Why should Muhammad use a name with such derogatory connotations, instead of his original name which has no such " historical " baggage.

• sinister: The history of the authority shows it to be incapable of policing cloning, which could have sinister connotations " .

• unfortunate: The word " selection " has unfortunate connotations; " choice " would be better.

• sexual: Most often this word seems to have sexual connotations.

Noun used with modifier

• pagan: The only exceptions were people who had a name with unpleasant or pagan connotations.

• class: Thirty years ago smoking had no clear social class connotations.

Possessives

• word: For lack of an exact equivalent, it may be termed soul, despite that word's other connotations.

Preposition: in

• context: In Trinitarian understanding the word God can have different connotations in different contexts.

Preposition: of

• word: A learner who fails to understand the connotation of a word will probably fail to get the message of the text.

• term: There are clearly enough connotations of the terms for them to be useful.

• violence: They did not wish their visual voice in that instance to be one that carried connotations of violence.