Crossword-Solution: NEGATIVE
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Negative | a. | Denying; implying, containing, or asserting denial, negation or refusal; returning the answer no to an inquiry or request; refusing assent; as, a negative answer; a negative opinion; -- opposed to affirmative. |
| Negative | a. | Not positive; without affirmative statement or demonstration; indirect; consisting in the absence of something; privative; as, a negative argument; a negative morality; negative criticism. |
| Negative | a. | Asserting absence of connection between a subject and a predicate; as, a negative proposition. |
| Negative | a. | Of or pertaining to a picture upon glass or other material, in which the lights and shades of the original, and the relations of right and left, are reversed. |
| Negative | a. | Metalloidal; nonmetallic; -- contracted with positive or basic; as, the nitro group is negative. |
| Negative | n. | A proposition by which something is denied or forbidden; a conception or term formed by prefixing the negative particle to one which is positive; an opposite or contradictory term or conception. |
| Negative | n. | A word used in denial or refusal; as, not, no. |
| Negative | n. | The refusal or withholding of assents; veto. |
| Negative | n. | That side of a question which denies or refuses, or which is taken by an opposing or denying party; the relation or position of denial or opposition; as, the question was decided in the negative. |
| Negative | n. | A picture upon glass or other material, in which the light portions of the original are represented in some opaque material (usually reduced silver), and the dark portions by the uncovered and transparent or semitransparent ground of the picture. |
| Negative | n. | The negative plate of a voltaic or electrolytic cell. |
| Negative | v. t. | To prove unreal or intrue; to disprove. |
| Negative | v. t. | To reject by vote; to refuse to enact or sanction; as, the Senate negatived the bill. |
| Negative | v. t. | To neutralize the force of; to counteract. |
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Sentences with NEGATIVE (5)
The balance of payments has traditionally been negative, but is offset by large transfer payments and foreign loans.
Was existence worth accepting even to the happiest among them? As concerned her own individual existence, she had long ago decided in the negative, and dismissed the point as settled.
This confuses English-speaking non-hackers because they were taught to answer as though the negative part weren't there.
The pleasant vigor of his person was always delightful to her, something to signal to and laugh with in a world of negative people.
Although the negative effects of the crisis were felt primarily in the politically sensitive southeast, aid pledges by the coalition allies of more than $4 billion have helped offset the burden.
Quotes with NEGATIVE (3)
you won’t ever get ahead if you keep feeling sorry for yourself. You must stop all the negative talk and start thinking positive. You have a lot of potential but your life won’t change until you change how you think”.
Negative Confession is not a Choice of words but a Weakness
If human brain is like the world, then positive thinking must be the size of mountain, and negative thinking must be the size of mustard seed and not vice versa.
Where this answer appears
Appears in: Chronicle, CrosSynergy, NY Sun, NYT, Universal, USA TODAY, WSJ.
Used 21 times in crossword archives (1970–2022).