Negative

/ˈnɛɡ.ə.tɪv/ · adjective

Meaning

Not positive or neutral; bad; undesirable; unfavourable..

Definitions by Sense

1. Not positive or neutral; bad; undesirable; unfavourable.
2. (mathematics) Of a number: less than zero.
3. (medicine) Of a test result: not positive, not detected.
4. (physics) Of electrical charge of an electron and related particles
5. (linguistics, logic) Denying a proposition; negating a concept.
6. (often used pejoratively) Pessimistic; not tending to see the bright side of things.
7. Of or relating to a photographic image in which the colours of the original, and the relations of left and right, are reversed.
8. (chemistry) Metalloidal, nonmetallic; contrasted with positive or basic.

Example Sentences

The high exchange rate will have a negative effect on our profits.

Customers didn’t like it: feedback was mostly negative.

negative detection of.

I don’t like to hang around him very much because he can be so negative about his petty problems.

The nitro group is negative.

2011, Joe Vitale, The Key: the missing secret for attracting anything you want, Body, Mind & Spirit, http://books.google.com.au/books?id=hf5qEW9n_fsC&pg=PT109&dq=positive+feelings&hl=en&sa=X&ei=MkX-T8PQCo6KmQXjr4GhBQ&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=unwanted%20feelings&f=false The threat of negative feelings may seem very real, but they are nothing more than mirages... Allow the unwanted feelings to evaporate and dissolve as the mirages that they are.

Negative feelings can be worked through and their energy converted into positive energy... In crisis, normal patterns of self-organization fail, resulting in anxiety (negative energy).

If you have been badly affected by negative energy a salt bath is wonderful for clearing and cleansing yourself... Salt attracts negative energy and will draw it away from you.

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Word Forms

• more negative
• most negative
• -ve
• −ve
• negatives
• negativing
• negatived

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