negatory
[neg-uh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee]
adjective
marked by negation; denying; negative.
RELATED WORDS
renunciation, antithesis, repudiation, proscription, nullity, blank, nonexistence, inverse, no, vacuity, nullification, converse, opposite, veto, void, refusal, opposition, antonym, rejection, reverse
Nearby words
- negatively,
- negativism,
- negativity,
- negaton,
- negator,
- negatron,
- negentropy,
- negev,
- neglect,
- neglected
Origin of negatory
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Examples from the Web for negatory
For example, he should never be content with mere aggressive and negatory criticism of the page before him.
Critical Miscellanies (Vol. 3 of 3)|John MorleyDane made a negatory gesture, but Ormond anticipated his answer.
The League of the Leopard|Harold BindlossCommissioners arch their eyebrows, with negatory sniff: who is this young gentleman with more wit than we all?
The French Revolution|Thomas CarlyleA quiet smile with a negatory shake of the head was the only answer.
negatory
"expressing negation," 1570s, from Middle French negatoire or directly from Medieval Latin negatorius "negative," from Latin negatus, past participle of negare "deny, say no, to refuse" (see deny). In the sense "no" it is U.S. Air Force slang from the early 1950s.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper