1. gave a negative answer to our request for funding. 2. a negative reaction to the new advertising campaign. 3. negative ideas; a negative outlook on life. 4. conducted a negative campaign against his opponent. 5. Not indicating the presence of microorganisms, disease, or a specific condition. 6. Designating a proposition that denies agreement between a subject and its predicate. 7. Relating to or designating a quantity less than zero. 8. Relating to or designating the sign (andminus;). 9. Relating to or designating a quantity to be subtracted from another. 10. Relating to or designating a quantity, a number, an angle, a velocity, or a direction in a sense opposite to another of the same magnitude indicated or understood to be positive. 11. Relating to or designating an electric charge of the same sign as that of an electron, indicated by the symbol (andminus;). 12. Relating to or designating a body having an excess of electrons. 13. Of or designating an ion, the anion, that is attracted to a positive electrode. 14. a negative tropism. 15. affirmative 16. campaign advertising that was based solely on negatives. 17. Art Linkletter 18. Kitty Dukakis 19. double negative 20. The side in a debate that contradicts or opposes the question being debated. 21. An image in which the light areas of the object rendered appear dark and the dark areas appear light. 22. A film, plate, or other photographic material containing such an image. 23. A negative quantity. 24. To refuse to approve; veto. 25. deny 26. To demonstrate to be false; disprove. 27. To counteract or neutralize.
