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more negative

ADJECTIVE

bad, contradictory

Synonyms

STRONGEST

adverse gloomy pessimistic unfavorable weak

STRONG

abrogating annulling anti con contrary contravening denying disallowing disavowing dissenting gainsaying impugning invalidating jaundiced naysaying neutralizing nullifying opposing recusant refusing rejecting removed resisting

WEAK

against antagonistic balky colorless counteractive cynical detrimental dissentient nugatory privative repugnant resistive unaffirmative unenthusiastic uninterested unwilling

Antonyms

STRONGEST

confident favorable

WEAK

good positive

Example Sentences

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"This story is about hope, it's about love, it's about redemption and whether good wins over the more negative elements that are prevalent in society."

From BBC • Apr. 14, 2026

As for the more negative folks, who can blame them for feeling cynical?

From Salon • Apr. 7, 2026

That being said, just because analysts haven’t factored in a more negative outlook into their forecasts, it doesn’t mean they won’t.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 16, 2026

It might make an employee’s behavior sound overly positive, or more negative than intended, for example.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 24, 2026

Her still more negative answer was an envelope addressed to me with no enclosure at all.

From Punch or the London Charivari, September 9, 1914 by Seaman, Owen, Sir