negativity
Persistent dark attitude
Negativity is a tendency toward pessimism, criticism, or unfavorable attitudes.
Someone full of negativity focuses on problems rather than solutions, on flaws rather than strengths: The constant negativity in the office was draining.
The word often appears in self-help contexts urging people to eliminate negativity from their lives.
In technical contexts, negativity can simply mean the quality of being electrically negative.
Pervasive dimness or dejection
- hopelessnessState without hope
- despairTotal absence of hope
- fatalismDoctrine of inevitable outcomes
- bleaknessQuality of being dreary
cynicism · skepticism · defeatism · nihilism · doubt · worry · foreboding · dismal
Active, bitter hostility
- antipathyIngrained, intense aversion
- aversionIntense dislike or repugnance
- resentmentPersistent bitter displeasure
- spitePetty malicious intent
malice · bitterness · vitriol · venom · antagonism · ill-will · acrimony · rancor
Loss of confidence
- disheartenmentLoss of hope or confidence
- demoralizationLoss of confidence and hope
- despondencyProfound loss of hope
- downcastSad or despondent
crestfallen · disheartened · deflated · dispirited · low · blue · doldrums · slump
Unfavorable opinion expressed
- condemnationSevere disapproval expressed formally
- judgmentReasoned decision-making capacity
- censureFormal institutional disapproval
- rebukeExpress sharp disapproval
reproof · denunciation · disparagement · disdain · scorn · contempt · repudiation · hypercritical
Electrode current exits through
Capable of causing death
- harmfulCausing damage or injury
- destructiveCausing severe harm
- corrosiveDestroys by chemical action
- damagingCausing loss or injury
unhealthy · malignant · pernicious · insidious · contagious · infectious · spreading · festering
Banishment from a group
- shunningDeliberately avoiding someone
- snubbingPointedly ignoring someone
- exclusionBeing barred from participation
- rebuffAbrupt, curt rejection
brush-off · cold-shoulder · spurning · dismissal · disownment · alienation · estrangement · unpopularity
gloom
Pervasive dimness or dejection
- hopelessnessState without hope
- despairTotal absence of hope
- fatalismDoctrine of inevitable outcomes
bleakness · cynicism · skepticism · defeatism · nihilism · doubt · worry · foreboding · dismal · melancholy
animosity
Active, bitter hostility
- antipathyIngrained, intense aversion
- aversionIntense dislike or repugnance
- resentmentPersistent bitter displeasure
spite · malice · bitterness · vitriol · venom · antagonism · ill-will · acrimony · rancor · belligerence
discouragement
Loss of confidence
- disheartenmentLoss of hope or confidence
- demoralizationLoss of confidence and hope
- despondencyProfound loss of hope
downcast · crestfallen · disheartened · deflated · dispirited · low · blue · doldrums · slump · funk
disapproval
Unfavorable opinion expressed
- condemnationSevere disapproval expressed formally
- judgmentReasoned decision-making capacity
- censureFormal institutional disapproval
rebuke · reproof · denunciation · disparagement · disdain · scorn · contempt · repudiation · hypercritical · censorious
cathode
Electrode current exits through
poisonous
Capable of causing death
- harmfulCausing damage or injury
- destructiveCausing severe harm
- corrosiveDestroys by chemical action
damaging · unhealthy · malignant · pernicious · insidious · contagious · infectious · spreading · festering · draining
ostracism
Banishment from a group
- shunningDeliberately avoiding someone
- snubbingPointedly ignoring someone
- exclusionBeing barred from participation
rebuff · brush-off · cold-shoulder · spurning · dismissal · disownment · alienation · estrangement · unpopularity · outcast
- outlookoptimism, pessimism, outlook, worldview, perspective
- pessimismpessimism, nihilism, fatalism, hopelessness, despair
- attitudespositive, ambition, apathy, curiosity, determination
- bad attitudescynicism, pessimism, hostility, contempt, resentment
- bad habitssmoking, drinking, lying, swearing, gossiping
- negativitypessimism, cynicism, criticism, complaint, blame
negativitypositivity
Hopeful mental orientation
optimism · positiveness · hopefulness · positive thinking · cheerfulness
negativityencouragement
Support spurring continued effort
supportiveness · affirmation · praise · validation · uplift
negativityresilience
Capacity to recover quickly
fortitude · mental toughness · grit · perseverance · bouncing back
- negativity biasTendency to weight bad heavier