English Dictionary

negative

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈnɛɡətɪv/

形容詞

頻度副詞 軽蔑的 ニューエイジ 軽蔑的 専門用語 俗語

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.

日本語の意味

（一般）正でも中でも中立でもなく、否定的な性質を持つこと。 / （物理学）電気的に、電子や関連する粒子の電荷が負であること。 / （数学）数値が0より小さい、負の数であること。 / （気象）温度が0度以下である状態。

Her feedback was negative, but I appreciated her honesty.

彼女のフィードバックは否定的だったが、その正直さには感謝している。

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.

more negative （ comparative ）

most negative （ superlative ）