abnegate | (verb) deny or renounce | - |
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(verb) surrender (power or a position) | - |
(verb) deny oneself (something); restrain, especially from indulging in some pleasure | Synonyms: deny |
abnegation | (noun) renunciation of your own interests in favor of the interests of others | Synonyms: denial, self-abnegation, self-denial, self-renunciation |
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(noun) the denial and rejection of a doctrine or belief | - |
abnegator | (noun) one who gives up or relinquishes or renounces something | - |
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electronegative | (adjective) having a negative charge | Synonyms: negative, negatively charged |
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electronegativity | (noun) (chemistry) the tendency of an atom or radical to attract electrons in the formation of an ionic bond | Synonyms: negativity |
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negate | (verb) make ineffective by counterbalancing the effect of | Synonyms: neutralise, neutralize, nullify |
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(verb) prove negative; show to be false | Synonyms: contradict |
(verb) deny the truth of | Synonyms: contradict, contravene |
(verb) be in contradiction with | Synonyms: belie, contradict |
negation | (noun) the speech act of negating | - |
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(noun) a negative statement; a statement that is a refusal or denial of some other statement | - |
(noun) (logic) a proposition that is true if and only if another proposition is false | - |
negative | (adjective) expressing or consisting of a negation or refusal or denial | - |
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(adjective) characterized by or displaying negation or denial or opposition or resistance; having no positive features | - |
(adjective) not indicating the presence of microorganisms or disease or a specific condition | Synonyms: disconfirming |
(adjective) reckoned in a direction opposite to that regarded as positive | - |
(adjective) having the quality of something harmful or unpleasant | - |
(adjective) having a negative charge | Synonyms: electronegative, negatively charged |
(adjective) designed or tending to discredit, especially without positive or helpful suggestions | Synonyms: damaging |
(adjective) involving disadvantage or harm | Synonyms: minus |
(adjective) less than zero | - |
(noun) a piece of photographic film showing an image with light and shade or colors reversed | - |
(noun) a reply of denial | - |
(verb) vote against; refuse to endorse; refuse to assent | Synonyms: blackball, veto |
negatively | (adverb) in a negative way | - |
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(adverb) in a harmful manner | - |
negativeness | (noun) characterized by habitual skepticism and a disagreeable tendency to deny or oppose or resist suggestions or commands | Synonyms: negativism, negativity |
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(noun) an amount less than zero | Synonyms: negativity |
(noun) the character of the negative electric pole | Synonyms: negativity |
negativism | (noun) characterized by habitual skepticism and a disagreeable tendency to deny or oppose or resist suggestions or commands | Synonyms: negativeness, negativity |
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negativist | (noun) someone who is resigned to defeat without offering positive suggestions | Synonyms: defeatist |
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(noun) someone who refuses to do what is asked or does the opposite of what is asked | - |
negativity | (noun) characterized by habitual skepticism and a disagreeable tendency to deny or oppose or resist suggestions or commands | Synonyms: negativeness, negativism |
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(noun) (chemistry) the tendency of an atom or radical to attract electrons in the formation of an ionic bond | Synonyms: electronegativity |
(noun) an amount less than zero | Synonyms: negativeness |
(noun) the character of the negative electric pole | Synonyms: negativeness |
negatron | (noun) an elementary particle with negative charge | Synonyms: electron |
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neglect | (noun) failure to act with the prudence that a reasonable person would exercise under the same circumstances | Synonyms: carelessness, negligence, nonperformance |
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(noun) willful lack of care and attention | Synonyms: disregard |
(noun) the trait of neglecting responsibilities and lacking concern | Synonyms: neglectfulness, negligence |
(noun) lack of attention and due care | Synonyms: disregard |
(noun) the state of something that has been unused and neglected | Synonyms: disuse |
(verb) leave undone or leave out | Synonyms: drop, leave out, miss, omit, overleap, overlook, pretermit |
(verb) give little or no attention to | Synonyms: disregard, ignore |
(verb) fail to attend to | - |
(verb) fail to do something; leave something undone | Synonyms: fail |
neglected | (adjective) lacking a caretaker | Synonyms: unattended |
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(adjective) disregarded | Synonyms: ignored, unheeded |
neglecter | (noun) a person who is neglectful and gives little attention or respect to people or responsibilities | - |
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neglectful | (adjective) failing in what duty requires | Synonyms: delinquent, derelict, remiss |
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(adjective) not showing due care or attention | Synonyms: inattentive |
neglectfully | (adverb) in a neglectful manner | - |
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neglectfulness | (noun) the trait of neglecting responsibilities and lacking concern | Synonyms: neglect, negligence |
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neglige | (noun) a loose dressing gown for women | Synonyms: housecoat, negligee, peignoir, wrapper |
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negligee | (noun) a loose dressing gown for women | Synonyms: housecoat, neglige, peignoir, wrapper |
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negligence | (noun) failure to act with the prudence that a reasonable person would exercise under the same circumstances | Synonyms: carelessness, neglect, nonperformance |
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(noun) the trait of neglecting responsibilities and lacking concern | Synonyms: neglect, neglectfulness |
negligent | (adjective) characterized by neglect and undue lack of concern | - |
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negligently | (adverb) in a negligent manner | - |
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negligible | (adjective) so small as to be meaningless; insignificant | - |
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(adjective) not worth considering | Synonyms: paltry, trifling |
negociate | (verb) discuss the terms of an arrangement | Synonyms: negotiate, talk terms |
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(verb) confer with another in order to come to terms or reach an agreement | - |
(verb) succeed in passing through, around, or over | Synonyms: negotiate |
(verb) transfer by endorsement to another in return for value received | - |
(verb) sell or discount | - |
(verb) be successful; achieve a goal | Synonyms: bring off, carry off, manage, pull off |
negotiable | (adjective) legally transferable to the ownership of another | Synonyms: assignable, conveyable, transferable, transferrable |
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(adjective) able to be negotiated or arranged by compromise | Synonyms: on the table |
(adjective) capable of being passed or negotiated | - |
negotiant | (noun) someone who negotiates (confers with others in order to reach a settlement) | Synonyms: negotiator, treater |
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negotiate | (verb) discuss the terms of an arrangement | Synonyms: negociate, talk terms |
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(verb) succeed in passing through, around, or over | Synonyms: negociate |
negotiation | (noun) the activity or business of negotiating an agreement; coming to terms | - |
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(noun) a discussion intended to produce an agreement | Synonyms: dialogue, talks |
negotiator | (noun) someone who negotiates (confers with others in order to reach a settlement) | Synonyms: negotiant, treater |
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negotiatress | (noun) a woman negotiator | Synonyms: negotiatrix |
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negotiatrix | (noun) a woman negotiator | Synonyms: negotiatress |
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negro | (adjective) having skin rich in melanin pigments; | Synonyms: colored, coloured |
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negus | (noun) wine and hot water with sugar and lemon juice and nutmeg | - |
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nonnegative | (adjective) either positive or zero | - |
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panegyric | (adjective) formally expressing praise | Synonyms: encomiastic, eulogistic, panegyrical |
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(noun) a formal expression of praise | Synonyms: encomium, eulogy, paean, pean |
panegyrical | (adjective) formally expressing praise | Synonyms: encomiastic, eulogistic, panegyric |
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panegyrist | (noun) an orator who delivers eulogies or panegyrics | Synonyms: eulogist |
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renegade | (adjective) having deserted a cause or principle | Synonyms: recreant |
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(noun) someone who rebels and becomes an outlaw | - |
(noun) a disloyal person who betrays or deserts his cause or religion or political party or friend etc. | Synonyms: apostate, deserter, ratter, recreant, turncoat |
(verb) break with established customs | Synonyms: rebel |
renege | (noun) the mistake of not following suit when able to do so | Synonyms: revoke |
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(verb) fail to fulfill a promise or obligation | Synonyms: go back on, renege on, renegue on |
renegociate | (verb) revise the terms of in order to limit or regain excess profits gained by the contractor | Synonyms: renegotiate |
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(verb) negociate anew | Synonyms: renegotiate |
renegotiate | (verb) revise the terms of in order to limit or regain excess profits gained by the contractor | Synonyms: renegociate |
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(verb) negociate anew | Synonyms: renegociate |
senega | (noun) perennial bushy herb of central and southern United States having white flowers with green centers and often purple crest; similar to Seneca snakeroot | Synonyms: Polygala alba |
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(noun) dried root of two plants of the genus Polygala containing an irritating saponin | - |
vinegar | (noun) sour-tasting liquid produced usually by oxidation of the alcohol in wine or cider and used as a condiment or food preservative | Synonyms: acetum |
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(noun) dilute acetic acid | - |
vinegariness | (noun) a sourness resembling that of vinegar | Synonyms: vinegarishness |
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vinegarish | (adjective) having a sour disposition; ill-tempered | Synonyms: vinegary |
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(adjective) tasting or smelling like vinegar | Synonyms: acetose, acetous, vinegary |
vinegarishness | (noun) a sourness resembling that of vinegar | Synonyms: vinegariness |
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vinegarroon | (noun) large whip-scorpion of Mexico and southern United States that emits a vinegary odor when alarmed | Synonyms: Mastigoproctus giganteus |
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vinegarweed | (noun) aromatic plant of western United States | Synonyms: camphorweed, Trichostema lanceolatum, turpentine camphor weed |
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vinegary | (adjective) having a sour disposition; ill-tempered | Synonyms: vinegarish |
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(adjective) tasting or smelling like vinegar | Synonyms: acetose, acetous, vinegarish |
wineglass | (noun) a glass that has a stem and in which wine is served | - |
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