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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

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

Joanne Hsu, the survey’s director, said that as the war began, sentiment turned more negative.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 13, 2026

Blank said that both of these moments, which have gained outsized national media attention, paint the picture of a more negative primary campaign than the one that has actually played out.

From Salon • Mar. 3, 2026

Gradually, the wiser of them began to feel that their ambition must be largely moderated, and that they must be content with far more negative results than they had at first imagined.

From The English Church in the Eighteenth Century by Abbey, Charles J. (Charles John)