English Dictionary

negative

/ˈnɛɡətɪv/

adj

Not positive nor neutral. / (physics) Of electrical charge of an electron and related particles / (mathematics) Of a number: less than zero / (weather) Less than zero degrees Celsius or Fahrenheit.

She had a negative attitude towards the project.

意味（1）

Not positive nor neutral.

Why, she is one of those persons whom negatives seem invented to describe—I doubt whether she is worth one single bad quality.

意味（2）

(physics) Of electrical charge of an electron and related particles

意味（3）

(mathematics) Of a number: less than zero

意味（4）

(weather) Less than zero degrees Celsius or Fahrenheit.

I was out in negative weather today.

意味（5）

(linguistics, logic) Denying a proposition.

意味（6）

Damaging; undesirable; unfavourable.

The high exchange rate will have a negative effect on our profits.

意味（7）

(often used pejoratively) Pessimistic; not tending to see the bright side of things.

I don’t like to hang around him very much because he can be so negative about his petty problems.

意味（8）

Of or relating to a photographic image in which the colours of the original, and the relations of left and right, are reversed.

意味（9）

(chemistry) Metalloidal, nonmetallic; contrasted with positive or basic.

The nitro group is negative.

意味（10）

(New Age jargon, derogatory) Often preceded by emotion, energy, feeling, or thought: to be avoided, bad, difficult, disagreeable, painful, potentially damaging, unpleasant, unwanted.

Negative feelings can be worked through and their energy converted into positive energy... In crisis, normal patterns of self-organization fail, resulting in anxiety (negative energy).

意味（11）

Characterized by the presence of features which do not support a hypothesis.

意味（12）

(slang) HIV negative.

We certainly told him at that time that I was negative. We talked about transmission. We told him we don't do anything that would cause me to become positive.

意味（13）

(slang) COVID-19 negative.