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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

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

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 13, 2026

Energy traders may be focusing on that more negative peace narrative on Monday, bidding up prices as if in anticipation of continued constraints on global oil supply as a result of the conflict.

From Barron's • Dec. 29, 2025

It is to them more negative than positive, more opposed to errors than giving any insight into truth.

From Orthodoxy: Its Truths And Errors by Clarke, James Freeman