Affectionate
Affectionate adjective - Feeling or showing love.
Negative is an antonym for affectionate.
Nearby Words: affection, affectionately
Negative
Negative adjective - Marked by opposition or ill will.
Usage example: classes that hopefully will change the negative attitude that some students have toward the recent immigrants
Affectionate is an antonym for negative.
Both words in one sentence
- It originally started off as a negative thing, but has progressed to be rather affectionate as a different take on the Transformers mythos.
Source: Fan Nickname / Film - And that's despite Chief giving the game an extremely negative review, akin to The Angry Video Game Nerd, making it somewhat an Affectionate Parody of the former (and possibly the latter).
Source: Machinima / Arby 'n' the Chief
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Negative and Affectionate. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 14, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/affectionate/negative
Affectionate & Negative. N.p., 2016. Web. 14 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/affectionate/negative>.
Negative or Affectionate. 2016. Accessed August 14, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/affectionate/negative.
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