Despite the negative connotations, it can be healthy.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
The idea that failure doesn't have negative connotations is amazing, because in real life there is no way to move forward without having to deal with failure.
The Sun (2016)
They are likely to receive a diagnosis that carries strong negative connotations.
Herman, Judith Lewis Trauma and Recovery (1992)
The term is not new and it continues to suffer from the negative connotations of information overload.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
To chill out and to relax have similar connotations and implications.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
The power of the salute has particular connotations within football.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
If you have the slightest variation in what you do, it has negative connotations.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
For many people, care homes for the elderly have negative connotations.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
It obviously does carry some negative connotations, but people are increasingly prepared to buy there.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
What did you find out from each about the term's primary meaning and its connotations?
Goshgarian, Gary Exploring language (6th edn) (1995)
It has profoundly negative connotations.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
For human beings, though, cleaning has always been overlaid with religious and political connotations.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
There is lots of practical advice - spend only cash, and focus on your feelings about money and whether money has negative connotations for you.
The Sun (2010)
In other languages
connotation
British English: connotation NOUN
The connotations of a particular word or name are the ideas or qualities which it makes you think of.
It's one of those words that's got so many negative connotations.
American English: connotation
Brazilian Portuguese: conotação
Chinese: 内涵意义
European Spanish: connotación
French: connotation
German: Konnotation
Italian: connotazione
Japanese: 言外の意味
Korean: 함축적 의미
European Portuguese: conotação
Latin American Spanish: connotación
(noun)
Definition
an additional meaning or association implied by a word
It's just one of those words that's got so many negative connotations.
Synonyms
implication
The implication was obvious: vote for us or you'll be sorry.
colouring
association
suggestion
There is absolutely no suggestion of any mainstream political party involvement.
significance
nuance
Our eyes can communicate virtually every subtle nuance of emotion.
undertone
The sobbing voice had an undertone of anger.
Additional synonyms
in the sense of nuance
Definition
a subtle difference, as in colour, meaning, or tone
Our eyes can communicate virtually every subtle nuance of emotion.
Synonyms
subtlety,
degree,
distinction,
graduation,
refinement,
nicety,
gradation,
suggestion,
trace,
hint,
shade
in the sense of suggestion
Definition
a hint or indication
There is absolutely no suggestion of any mainstream political party involvement.
Synonyms
hint,
implication,
insinuation,
intimation
in the sense of undertone
Definition
something which suggests an underlying quality or feeling