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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

They report that caregiving has a more negative than positive impact on a person’s emotional well-being, physical health, financial situation, career and social life.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 26, 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

At the end of the last section I asked myself what was the ethical ideal of the life of self-realisation,—the positive ideal as distinguished from the more negative ideal of emancipating from egoism and sensuality.

From What Is and What Might Be A Study of Education in General and Elementary Education in Particular by Holmes, Edmond