negative - noun

a reply of denial

a piece of photographic film showing an image with light and shade or colors reversed

negative - verb

• vote against; refuse to endorse; refuse to assent

negative - adjective

• characterized by or displaying negation or denial or opposition or resistance; having no positive features
• expressing or consisting of a negation or refusal or denial
• not indicating the presence of microorganisms or disease or a specific condition
• reckoned in a direction opposite to that regarded as positive
• having the quality of something harmful or unpleasant
• less than zero
• designed or tending to discredit, especially without positive or helpful suggestions
• having a negative charge
• involving disadvantage or harm

negative - thesaurus

blackball   damaging   disconfirming   electronegative   minus   veto