Main entry: negative
Definition: a piece of photographic film showing an image with light and shade or colors reversed
Main entry: negative
Definition: a reply of denial
Usage: he answered in the negative
Main entry: veto, negative, blackball
Definition: vote against; refuse to endorse; refuse to assent
Usage: The President vetoed the bill
Definition: involving disadvantage or harm
Usage: minus (or negative) factors
Main entry: negative
Definition: expressing or consisting of a negation or refusal or denial
Main entry: negative, negatively charged, electronegative
Definition: having a negative charge
Usage: electrons are negative
Main entry: damaging, negative
Definition: designed or tending to discredit, especially without positive or helpful suggestions
Usage: negative criticism
Main entry: negative
Definition: having the quality of something harmful or unpleasant
Usage: ran a negative campaign; delinquents retarded by their negative outlook on life
Main entry: negative
Definition: characterized by or displaying negation or denial or opposition or resistance; having no positive features
Usage: a negative outlook on life; a colorless negative personality; a negative evaluation; a negative reaction to an advertising campaign
Main entry: negative
Definition: less than zero
Usage: a negative number
Main entry: negative
Definition: reckoned in a direction opposite to that regarded as positive
Usage: negative interest rates
Main entry: disconfirming, negative
Definition: not indicating the presence of microorganisms or disease or a specific condition
Usage: the HIV test was negative