36. (interj.)negative (used to indicate disagreement, denial of permission, etc.)
Etymology: (1350–1400; ME negatif < MF < L negātīvus denying)
Definition of 'Negative'
Princeton's WordNet
1. (noun)negative a reply of denial "he answered in the negative"
2. (adj)negative a piece of photographic film showing an image with light and shade or colors reversed
3. (adj)negative characterized by or displaying negation or denial or opposition or resistance; having no positive features "a negative outlook on life"; "a colorless negative personality"; "a negative evaluation"; "a negative reaction to an advertising campaign"
4. (adj)negative expressing or consisting of a negation or refusal or denial
5. (adj)negative having the quality of something harmful or unpleasant "ran a negative campaign"; "delinquents retarded by their negative outlook on life"
6. (adj)negative, disconfirming not indicating the presence of microorganisms or disease or a specificcondition "the HIV test was negative"
7. (adj)negative reckoned in a direction opposite to that regarded as positive "negative interest rates"
8. (adj)negative less than zero "a negative number"
9. (adj)damaging, negative designed or tending to discredit, especially without positive or helpful suggestions "negative criticism"
10. (adj)negative, electronegative, negatively charged having a negative charge "electrons are negative"
1. (adjective)negative ≠ positive a negative view of life
2. negative ≠ positive The situation had a negative effect on the economy.
3. negative ≠ positive The pregnancy test was negative.; to test negative for drugs
4. negative in grammar, relating to sth that expresses the idea of "no" or "not" a negative clause
5. negative (of a number) being less than zero Five minus six is negative one.
6. (noun)negative sth that means "no" He replied in the negative.
7. negative an image used to produce a photograph in which dark things look light and light things look dark She was looking at the negatives.
Definition of 'Negative'
Webster Dictionary
1. (adj)Negative 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
2. (adj)Negative not positive; without affirmative statement or demonstration; indirect; consisting in the absence of something; privative; as, a negative argument; a negative morality; negative criticism
3. (adj)Negative asserting absence of connection between a subject and a predicate; as, a negative proposition
4. (adj)Negative 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
5. (adj)Negative metalloidal; nonmetallic; -- contracted with positive or basic; as, the nitro group is negative
6. (noun)Negative 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 contradictoryterm or conception
7. (noun)Negative a word used in denial or refusal; as, not, no
8. (noun)Negative the refusal or withholding of assents; veto
9. (noun)Negative 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
10. (noun)Negative 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
11. (noun)Negative the negative plate of a voltaic or electrolyticcell
12. (verb)Negative to prove unreal or intrue; to disprove
13. (verb)Negative to reject by vote; to refuse to enact or sanction; as, the Senate negatived the bill
14. (verb)Negative to neutralize the force of; to counteract
Definitions of 'Negative'
The Nuttall Encyclopedia
1. Negative in photography a picture of an object in which the lights and shadows are reversed, so that the shady part appears white and the light in it appears dark.
Definitions of Negative 
Afrikaans: nee sê, ontkennend antwoo
Arabic: سَلْبي
Bulgarian: отрицателен
Brazilian: negativo
Czech: záporný
German: ablehnend
Danish: negativ
Greek: αρνητικός
Spanish: negativo
Estonian: eitav
Farsi: رد کردن
Finnish: negatiivinen
French: négatif
Hebrew: שְׁלִילִי
Hindi: नकारात्मक
Croatian: negativan
Hungarian: nemleges
Indonesian: negatif
Icelandic: neitandi, neikvæður
Italian: negativo
Japanese: 否定の
Korean: 부정의
Lithuanian: neigiamas
Latvian: noliedzošs; noraidošs
Malay: negatif
Dutch: ontkennend
Norwegian: nektende, negativ
Polish: przeczący
Persian: رد کردن
Pashto: رد كول
Portuguese: negativo
Romanian: negativ
Russian: отрицательный
Slovak: záporný
Slovenian: negativen
Serbian: negativan
Swedish: negativ, nekande
Thai: เป็นการปฏิเสธ
Turkish: olumsuz, negatif
Taiwanese: 否定的
Ukrainian: негативний; заперечний
Urdu: نفي، انکار
Vietnamese: phủ nhận
Chinese: 否定的
