negative synonyms

negative

modif.

  1. 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.

  2. Lacking positive qualities

    unaffirmative, absent, removed, privative, neutralizing, counteractive, annulling, abrogating, invalidating.

    Antonyms emphatic*, positive*, affirmative. *

  3. Pessimistic

    cynical, unenthusiastic, uninterested, glum, morose, cool*, cold*.

negative

n.

  1. A refusal

    contradiction, disavowal, refutation; see denial 1, refusal.

  2. A negative image

    film, plate, developed film; see image 2, picture 2.

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