negative — WordNook Dictionary

adjective

involving disadvantage or harm
“minus (or negative) factors”
minus
expressing or consisting of a negation or refusal or denial
having a negative charge
“electrons are negative”
electronegativenegatively charged
designed or tending to discredit, especially without positive or helpful suggestions
“negative criticism”
damaging
having the quality of something harmful or unpleasant
“ran a negative campaign”
characterized by or displaying negation or denial or opposition or resistance
less than zero
“a negative number”
reckoned in a direction opposite to that regarded as positive
“negative interest rates”
not indicating the presence of microorganisms or disease or a specific condition
“the HIV test was negative”
disconfirming

noun

a piece of photographic film showing an image with light and shade or colors reversed
a reply of denial
“They answered in the negative.”

verb