negative

Main Entry:
negative [neg-uh-tiv]
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: bad, contradictory
Synonyms: abrogating, adverse, against, annulling, antagonistic, anti, balky, colorless, con, contrary, contravening, counteractive, cynical, denying, detrimental, disallowing, disavowing, dissentient, dissenting, gainsaying, gloomy, impugning, invalidating, jaundiced, naysaying, neutralizing, nugatory, nullifying, opposing, pessimistic, privative, recusant, refusing, rejecting, removed, repugnant, resisting, resistive, unaffirmative, unenthusiastic, unfavorable, uninterested, unwilling, weak
Antonyms: good, positive
Main Entry: adverse
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: unfavorable, antagonistic
Synonyms: allergic to, conflicting, contrary, detrimental, disadvantageous, down on, down side, have no use for, inimical, injurious, inopportune, negative, opposed, opposing, opposite, oppugning, ornery*, reluctant, repugnant, stuffy, unfortunate, unfriendly, unlucky, unpropitious, unwilling
Notes: aversion is something that originates from within, whereas adversity is something that originates from without; adverse is usually applied to situations while averse is used to describe a person's attitude
averse means reluctant or disinclined; adverse means hostile and antagonistic
Antonyms: advantageous, aiding, auspicious, favorable, fortunate, helpful, lucky, propitious
Main Entry: balky
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: uncooperative
Synonyms: averse, contrary, hesitant, immovable, indisposed, inflexible, intractable, loath, negative, negativistic, obstinate, ornery, perverse, reluctant, stubborn, unbending, unmanageable, unpredictable, unruly
Antonyms: cooperative
Main Entry: belie
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: disprove
Synonyms: confute, contradict, contravene, controvert, deny, disaffirm, disagree, explode, gainsay, negate, negative, oppose, repudiate
Antonyms: attest, prove
Main Entry: compensate
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: offset, make up for
Synonyms: abrogate, annul, atone for, balance, better, cancel out, counteract, counterbalance, counterpoise, countervail, fix, improve, invalidate, make amends, negate, negative, neutralize, nullify, outweigh, redress, repair, set off
Antonyms: damage, deprive, penalize
Main Entry: contradict
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: be at variance with
Synonyms: belie, buck, call in question, challenge, confront, contravene, controvert, counter, counteract, cross, dare, deny, differ, disaffirm, disclaim, disprove, dispute, fly in the face of, gainsay, have bone to pick, impugn, negate, negative, oppose, refuse to accept, repudiate, take on, thumbs down, traverse
Antonyms: OK, accept, agree, approve, concede, confirm, corroborate, reconcile, sign, verify, vouch
Main Entry: contrary
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: antagonistic; opposite
Synonyms: adverse, anti, antipathetic, antipodal, antipodean, antithetical, balky, clashing, conflicting, contradictory, contrariant, contumacious, converse, counter, diametric, discordant, dissentient, dissident, froward, headstrong, hostile, inconsistent, inimical, insubordinate, intractable, negative, nonconforming, nonconformist, obstinate, opposed, ornery*, paradoxical, perverse, rebellious, recalcitrant, recusant, refractory, restive, reverse, stubborn, unruly, wayward, wrongheaded
Notes: contrary describes something that contradicts a proposition, converse is used when the elements of a proposition are reversed, opposite pertains to that which is diametrically opposed to a proposition, and reverse can mean each of those
Antonyms: accommodating, agreeing, alike, concordant, correspondent, harmonious, homogeneous, like, obliging, similar
Main Entry: counteract
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: do opposing action
Synonyms: annul, buck, cancel, cancel out, check, contravene, correct, counterbalance, countercheck, countervail, counterwork, cross, defeat, fix, foil, frustrate, go against, halt, hinder, invalidate, negate, negative, neutralize, offset, oppose, prevent, rectify, redress, resist, right, thwart
Antonyms: aid, approve, assist, help, support
Main Entry: denial
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: dismissal, refusal of belief in
Synonyms: abstaining, adjuration, brush-off, cold shoulder, contradiction, controversion, declination, disallowance, disapproval, disavowal, disclaimer, dismissing, disproof, dissent, forswearing, gainsaying, nay, negation, negative, nix, no way, nonacceptance, noncommittal, prohibition, protestation, rebuff, rebuttal, refraining, refusing, refutal, refutation, rejecting, rejection, renegement, renouncement, renunciation, repudiating, repudiation, repulse, retraction, statement abnegation, turndown, veto
Antonyms: affirmation, agreement, approval, avowal, claim, corroboration, vouching
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