a disparaging comment

to make a disparaging comment about (someone), esp in a deliberate attempt to reduce his or her self-esteem

negative

expressing or meaning a refusal or denial

lacking positive or affirmative qualities, such as enthusiasm, interest, or optimism

showing or tending towards opposition or resistance

indicating movement or growth away from a particular stimulus

(of the results of a diagnostic test) indicating absence of the disease or condition for which the test was made

of or relating to a photographic negative

(of a categorial proposition) denying the satisfaction by the subject of the predicate, as in some men are irrational; no pigs have wings

of, relating to, or governed by the signs of the zodiac of the earth and water classifications, which are thought to be associated with a receptive passive nature

a statement or act of denial, refusal, or negation

a negative person or thing

a piece of photographic film or a plate, previously exposed and developed, showing an image that, in black-and-white photography, has a reversal of tones. In colour photography the image is in complementary colours to the subject so that blue sky appears yellow, green grass appears purple, etc

a negative object, such as a terminal or a plate in a voltaic cell

a sentence or other linguistic element with a negative meaning, as the English word not

a quantity less than zero or a quantity to be subtracted

a negative proposition

the right of veto

to deny or nullify; negate

to show to be false; disprove

to refuse to consent to or approve of