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Adjective not positive or neutral (physics) of electrical charge of an electron and related particles [from the 18th c.] (mathematics) of number, less than zero (linguistics) denying a proposition damaging; undesirable; unfavourable pessimistic; not tending to see the bright side of things. (Often used pejoratively.) Of or relating to a photographic image in which the colours of the original, and the relations of right and left, are reversed. (chemistry) metalloidal; nonmetallic; contrasted with positive or basic. (New Age) (pejorative) bad, unwanted, disagreeable, potentially damaging, to be avoided, unpleasant, difficult, painful; (often precedes 'energy', 'feeling', 'emotion' or 'thought'). Characterized by the presence of features which do not support a hypothesis. Noun refusal or withholding of assents; veto, prohibition [from the 15th c.] (law) a right of veto (photography) an image in which dark areas represent light ones, and the converse [from the 19th c.] (grammar) a word that indicates negation (mathematics) a negative quantity (weightlifting): A rep performed with weight in which the muscle begins at maximum contraction and is slowly extended; a movement performed using only the eccentric phase of muscle movement. The negative plate of a voltaic or electrolytic cell. Verb To veto; to refuse To contradict To disprove To make ineffective, neutralize Interjection (signalling, law) An elaborate synonym for the word No. Find more words! 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