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negative
Synonyms and Antonyms of negative
- classes that hopefully will change the negative attitude that some students have toward the recent immigrants
adverse, argumentative, bellicose, belligerent, clashing, combative, conflicting, contentious, contrary, disputatious, militant, opposed, pugnacious, quarrelsome, resisting, scrappy, truculent
antisocial, cold, cool, disagreeable, disapproving, distant, frigid, icy
discourteous, ill-bred, ill-mannered, impertinent, impolite, inconsiderate, rude, surly, uncivil, unfavorable, unkind, unmannerly, unpleasant, unsociable
acrimonious, bitter, despiteful, hateful, malevolent, malicious, malign, malignant, opprobrious, rancorous, spiteful, unloving, vindictive, virulent
affable, amiable, amicable, civil, companionable, comradely, convivial, cordial, genial, good-natured, good-tempered, gracious, gregarious, neighborly, pleasant, sociable, social, warm
affectionate, devoted, kind, kindly, loving, nice, sweet
accepting, agreeable, approving, benign, empathetic, favorable, understanding, warmhearted, welcoming
- the almost universally negative reaction to the book
damaging, deleterious, destructive, detrimental, fatal, harmful, hurtful, ill, injurious, lethal, malignant, murderous, noxious, pernicious, poisonous, ruinous, threatening, troublesome, unhealthy, wounding
dangerous, hazardous, imperiling (or imperilling), jeopardizing, parlous, perilous, risky, unsafe
calumnious, defamatory, detractive, offensive, scathing, slanderous
antagonistic, antipathetic, inhospitable, intolerant, uncongenial, uncooperative
competing, conflicting, counteracting, countering, opposing, resistant, resisting
negative
Synonyms and Antonyms of negative
- in the absence of an unambiguous negative from the commander, we decided to continue on the mission
nay, no, non placet
- the desire to control another person is actually the negative of real love
- the main negative of this job is that I have to get up at 4:30 a.m.
head start, jump, lead, margin, start
ascendancy (also ascendency), better, command, control, drop, mastery, predominance, superiority, supremacy, transcendence, upper hand
negative
Synonyms and Antonyms of negative
- although the rebuttal was very eloquent, the jury negatived it in favor of the prosecution's argument
- we promptly negatived the idea of having pizza again for dinner, noting that we had already had it for three nights that week
- the governor's press secretary promptly negatived the rumor that he was not intending to run for reelection
- even though I had originally negatived the invitation, Mom thought I should go anyway
blow off, disdain, rebuff, scorn, scout, shoot down
abstain (from), forbear, refrain (from)
deny, disavow, disclaim, dispute, gainsay
abjure, forswear (also foreswear), recant, renounce, retract, take back, unsay, withdraw
contradict, deny, disown, negate
controvert, disagree (with), disprove, dispute, rebut, refute
- no amount of flattery is likely to negative that overheard insult
- ultimately, we negatived the request for a personal loan
afford, furnish, give, provide, supply
authorize, commission, license (also licence)
accede (to), acquiesce, agree (to), assent (to), consent (to), warrant
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