Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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negative | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
quality | Yes | Yes | No | No |
negative (noun) | quality (noun) |
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a piece of photographic film showing an image with light and shade or colors reversed | an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone |
a reply of denial | (music) the distinctive property of a complex sound (a voice or noise or musical sound) |
a degree or grade of excellence or worth | |
a characteristic property that defines the apparent individual nature of something | |
high social status |
negative (adjective) | quality (adjective) |
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expressing or consisting of a negation or refusal or denial | of superior grade |
characterized by or displaying negation or denial or opposition or resistance; having no positive features | of high social status |
not indicating the presence of microorganisms or disease or a specific condition | |
reckoned in a direction opposite to that regarded as positive | |
having the quality of something harmful or unpleasant | |
having a negative charge | |
designed or tending to discredit, especially without positive or helpful suggestions | |
involving disadvantage or harm | |
less than zero |
negative (verb) | quality (verb) |
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vote against; refuse to endorse; refuse to assent |