Synonyms of the word

negative

• adj. not positive or neutral.
• adj. (physics) of electrical charge of an electron and related particles.
• adj. (mathematics) of number, less than zero.
• adj. (linguistics, logic) denying a proposition.
• adj. damaging; undesirable; unfavourable.
• adj. pessimistic; not tending to see the bright side of things. (Often used pejoratively.).
• adj. Of or relating to a photographic image in which the colours of the original, and the relations of right…
• adj. (chemistry) metalloidal; nonmetallic; contrasted with positive or basic.
• adj. (New Age jargon) (pejorative) bad, unwanted, disagreeable, potentially damaging, to be avoided, unpleasant,…
• adj. Characterized by the presence of features which do not support a hypothesis.
• n. refusal or withholding of assents; veto, prohibition.
• n. (law) a right of veto.
• n. (photography) an image in which dark areas represent light ones, and the converse.
• n. (grammar) a word that indicates negation.
• n. (mathematics) a negative quantity.
• n. (weightlifting): A rep performed with weight in which the muscle begins at maximum contraction and is…
• n. The negative plate of a voltaic or electrolytic cell.
• v. To veto; to refuse.
• v. To contradict.
• v. To disprove.
• v. To make ineffective, neutralize.
• interj. (signalling, law) An elaborate synonym for the word No.

antagonistic

• adj. Contending or acting against.

bad

• adj. Not good; unfavorable; negative.
• adj. Not suitable or fitting.
• adj. Seemingly non-appropriate, in manners, etc.
• adj. Unhealthy.
• adj. Tricky; stressful; unpleasant.
• adj. Evil; wicked.
• adj. Faulty; not functional.
• adj. (of food) Spoiled, rotten, overripe.
• adj. (of breath) Malodorous, foul.
• adj. (informal) Bold and daring.
• adj. (hip-hop slang) good, superlative.
• adj. (of a need or want) Severe, urgent.
• adv. (now colloquial) Badly.
• n. (slang) Error, mistake.
• n. (countable, uncountable, economics) An item (or kind of item) of merchandise with negative value; an unwanted…
• adj. (slang) Fantastic.
• v. (archaic) Alternative past tense of bid. See bade.
• v. (Britain, dialect, transitive) To shell (a walnut).

blackball

• n. A rejection, a vote against admitting someone.
• n. A black ball used to indicate such a negative vote.
• n. The act of so rejecting someone.
• n. A kind of large black sweet; a niggerball.
• n. A substance for blacking shoes, boots, etc. or for taking impressions of engraved work.
• v. (transitive) To vote against, especially in an exclusive organization.
• v. (transitive) To ostracize.

contradict

• v. (obsolete) To speak against; to forbid.
• v. To deny the truth of (a statement or statements).
• v. To make a statement denying the truth of the statement(s) made by (a person).
• v. To be contrary to; to oppose; to resist.

controvert

• v. (transitive) To dispute or argue using reason.
• v. (intransitive) To be involved or engaged in controversy.

counter

• n. An object (now especially a small disc) used in counting or keeping count, or as a marker in games, etc.
• n. (curling) Any stone lying closer to the center than any of the opponent's stones.
• n. A table or board on which money is counted and over which business is transacted; a shop tabletop on which…
• n. One who counts, or reckons up; a reckoner.
• n. A telltale; a contrivance attached to an engine, printing press, or other machine, for the purpose of…
• n. (historical) The prison attached to a city court; a Counter.
• n. (grammar) A class of word used along with numbers to count objects and events, typically mass nouns. Although…
• n. In a kitchen, a surface, often built into the wall and above a cabinet, whereon various food preparations…
• n. In a bathroom, a surface, often built into the wall and above a cabinet, which holds the washbasin.
• n. (wrestling) A proactive defensive hold or move in reaction to a hold or move by one's opponent.
• n. (programming) A variable, memory location, etc. whose contents are incremented to keep a count.
• n. (Internet) A hit counter.
• adv. Contrary, in opposition; in an opposite direction.
• n. (nautical) The overhanging stern of a vessel above the waterline.
• n. The piece of a shoe or a boot around the heel of the foot (above the heel of the shoe/boot).
• v. To contradict, oppose.
• v. (boxing) To return a blow while receiving one, as in boxing.
• v. To take action in response to; to respond.
• adj. Contrary; opposite; contrasted; opposed; adverse; antagonistic.
• adv. In opposition; in an opposite direction; contrariwise.
• adv. In the wrong way; contrary to the right course.
• adv. At or against the front or face.
• n. (obsolete) An encounter.
• n. (nautical) The after part of a vessel's body, from the water line to the stern, below and somewhat forward…
• n. (music) Alternative form of contra Formerly used to designate any under part which served for contrast…
• n. The breast, or that part of a horse between the shoulders and under the neck.
• n. The back leather or heel part of a boot.
• n. (typography) The area of a letter that is entirely or partially enclosed by a letter form or a symbol.

damaging

• v. present participle of damage.
• adj. Harmful; injurious; causing damage.
• n. An act of causing damage.

denial

• n. (logic) The negation in logic.
• n. A refusal to comply with a request.
• n. An assertion of untruth.
• n. Refusal to believe a problem exists.
• n. (dated, psychology) A defense mechanism involving a refusal to accept the truth of a phenomenon or prospect.

destructive

• adj. Causing destruction; damaging.
• adj. Causing breakdown or disassembly.
• adj. (computing) Lossy; causing irreversible change.

disadvantageous

• adj. Not advantageous.

disconfirming

• adj. Not confirming.

disinclined

• adj. not inclined; having a disinclination; being unwilling.
• v. simple past tense and past participle of disincline.

dismissive

• adj. Showing disregard, indicating rejection, serving to dismiss.

dissentient

• n. A dissenter.
• adj. Dissenting; of a different opinion.

dissenting

• v. present participle of dissent.

dissident

• adj. In a manner that disagrees; dissenting; discordant; different.
• n. A person who formally opposes the current political structure, the political group in power, the policies…
• n. (Christianity) One who disagrees or dissents; one who separates from the established religion.

electronegative

• adj. having a negative electric charge.
• adj. (chemistry) tending to attract electrons to form a chemical bond.

film

• n. A thin layer of some substance; a pellicle; a membranous covering, causing opacity.
• n. (photography) A medium used to capture images in a camera.
• n. A movie.
• n. (film, uncountable) Film or movies as a group.
• n. A slender thread, such as that of a cobweb.
• v. To record a motion picture on photographic film.
• v. To cover with a thin skin or pellicle.

harmful

• adj. of a kind likely to be damaging; injurious.

minus

• conj. (mathematics) Difference of the previous number from the following number.
• prep. (informal) Without.
• adj. (mathematics) Negative.
• adj. On the negative part of a scale.
• adj. (postpositive) Ranking just below a designated rating.
• n. (mathematics) A minus sign (−).
• n. (mathematics) A negative quantity.
• n. A downside or disadvantage.

oppose

• v. To attempt to stop the progression of; to resist or antagonize by physical means, or by arguments, etc…
• v. To object to.
• v. To present or set up in opposition; to pose.
• v. To place in front of, or over against; to set opposite; to exhibit.
• v. To compete with; to strive against.

perverse

• adj. Turned aside; hence, specifically, turned away from the (morally) right; willfully erring; wicked; perverted.
• adj. Obstinately in the wrong; stubborn; intractable; hence, wayward; vexing; contrary.
• adj. (law, of a verdict) Ignoring the evidence or the judge's opinions.

pessimistic

• adj. Marked by pessimism and little hopefulness; expecting the worst.
• adj. Pertaining to the worst-case scenario.
• adj. (computing) Taking out exclusive locks on data to prevent conflicts with other processes that might modify…

unfavorable

• adj. Disadvantageous, adverse, unsuitable, inconducive; serving to hinder or oppose.
• adj. (of a belief, state of mind, etc) Not favorable, disapproving.
• adj. (of wind or weather) Causing obstacles or delay; not conducive to travel or work; inclement.
• adj. Not auspicious; ill-boding.

unfavourable

• adj. not approved of.
• adj. (of wind or weather) opposing or hindering.

unsupportive

• adj. not supporting.
• adj. not assisting.

veto

• n. A political right to disapprove of (and thereby stop) the process of a decision, a law etc.
• n. An invocation of that right.
• n. An authoritative prohibition or negative; a forbidding; an interdiction.
• v. (transitive) To use a veto against.