| noun | a reply of denial “he answered in the negative” |
| noun | a piece of photographic film showing an image with light and shade or colors reversed |
| verb | vote against; refuse to endorse; refuse to assent “The President vetoed the bill” |
| adjective | characterized by or displaying negation or denial or opposition or resistance; having no positive features “a negative outlook on life” |
| adjective | expressing or consisting of a negation or refusal or denial |
| adjective | having the quality of something harmful or unpleasant “ran a negative campaign” |
| adjective | not indicating the presence of microorganisms or disease or a specific condition “the HIV test was negative” |
| adjective | reckoned in a direction opposite to that regarded as positive “negative interest rates” |
| adjective | less than zero “a negative number” |
| adjective | designed or tending to discredit, especially without positive or helpful suggestions “negative criticism” |
| adjective | having a negative charge “electrons are negative” |
| adjective | involving disadvantage or harm “minus (or negative) factors” |
| negative | verb | vote against; refuse to endorse; refuse to assent |
| veto | noun | the power or right to prohibit or reject a proposed or intended act (especially the power of a chief executive to reject a bill passed by the legislature) |
| negative | noun | a reply of denial |
| negativity | noun | characterized by habitual skepticism and a disagreeable tendency to deny or oppose or resist suggestions or commands |
| negativeness | noun | characterized by habitual skepticism and a disagreeable tendency to deny or oppose or resist suggestions or commands |
| negate | verb | deny the truth of |