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negativesnounpl. of negative a vote or decision against somethingin the absence of an unambiguous negative from the commander, we decided to continue on the mission nays, noes(or nos), non placets consblackballs, vetoesdenials, negations, refusals positives, yeas, yeses(also yesses) prosacceptances, approvals, graces something that is as different as possible from something elsethe desire to control another person is actually the negative of real love antipodes, antitheses, contraries, counters, obverses, opposites, reverses negationsantonymscounterpointsconverses, inverses, mirror images synonymsanalogues(or analogs), counterpartscarbon copies, copies, duplicates, replicas a feature of someone or something that creates difficulty for achieving successthe main negative of this job is that I have to get up at 4:30 a.m. debits, disadvantages, disbenefits, downsides, drawbacks, handicaps, incommodities, liabilities, minuses, strikes albatross(or albatrosses), millstones, strangleholdsdisabilities, impairmentsfailings, shortcomingsbars, catches, checks, clogs, crimps, embarrassments, hindrances, hitches, hurdles, impediments, interferences, lets, manacles, obstacles, obstructions, rubs, shackles, stops, trammels advantages, assets, edges, pluses(also plusses) vantageshead starts, jumps, leads, margins, startsascendancies(also ascendencies), betters, commands, controls, drops, masteries, predominances, superiorities, supremacies, transcendences, upper handsprerogatives, privilegesbreaks, opportunitiesaids, assistances, help negativesverbpresent tense third-person singular of negativeto reject by or as if by a votealthough the rebuttal was very eloquent, the jury negatived it in favor of the prosecution's argument we promptly negatived the idea of having pizza again for dinner, noting that we had already had it for three nights that week blackballs, downs, kills, nixes, shoots down, vetoes declines, disallows, disapproves, dismisses, refusesblacklists confirms, ratifies admits, allows, approves, assents (to), passes, sanctionselects, supports to declare not to be truethe governor's press secretary promptly negatived the rumor that he was not intending to run for reelection contradicts, denies, disaffirms, disallows, disavows, disclaims, disconfirms, disowns, gainsays, negates, refutes, rejects, repudiates traverseschallenges, confutes, disproves, rebutsdisagrees (with), disputes acknowledges, admits, allows, avows, concedes, confirms, owns accepts, adopts, embraces, espousesaffirms, announces, asserts, avers, claims, declares, maintains, professes, submitsauthenticates, corroborates, substantiates, validates, verifies to show unwillingness to accept, do, engage in, or agree toeven though I had originally negatived the invitation, Mom thought I should go anyway balks (at), declines, deselects, disapproves, nixes, passes, passes up, refuses, rejects, reprobates, repudiates, spurns, throws out, throws over, turns down blows off, disdains, rebuffs, scorns, scouts, shoots downoverrules, vetoesforbids, prohibits, proscribesdismisses, ignoresabstains (from), forbears, refrains (from)denies, disavows, disclaims, disputes, gainsayssticksabjures, forswears(also foreswears), recants, renounces, retracts, takes back, unsays, withdrawsavoids, bypasses, detourscontradicts, denies, disowns, negatescontroverts, disagrees (with), disproves, disputes, rebuts, refutesbacks down, backs off, backtracksdisallows, recalls, reneges, revokes turns one's back on accepts, agrees (to), approves condones, countenances, swallows, toleratesadopts, embraces, receives, takes, welcomesaccedes, acquiesces, agrees, assents, consentschooses, handpicks, selectsespouses, supports to balance with an equal force so as to make ineffectiveno amount of flattery is likely to negative that overheard insult annuls, cancels (out), compensates (for), corrects, counteracts, counterbalances, counterpoises, makes up (for), neutralizes, offsets invalidates, negates, neuters, nullifiesatones (for)outbalances, outweighs, redeemsredresses, relieves, remediesoverrides, overrules to be unwilling to grantultimately, we negatived the request for a personal loan declines, denies, disallows, disapproves, nixes, refuses, rejects, reprobates, withholds bans, enjoins, forbids, prohibits, proscribes, vetoesrebuffs, repels, spurnschecks, constrains, curbs, holds, keeps, represses, restrains, restrictsbalks (at), hinders, impedes, obstructs allows, concedes, grants, lets, OKs(or okays), permits affords, furnishes, gives, provides, suppliesauthorizes, commissions, licenses(also licences)accedes (to), acquiesces, agrees (to), assents (to), consents (to), warrantsaccords, sanctions, vouchsafes |