Give
Give verb - To put before another for acceptance or consideration.
Usage example: she gave the committee her grant proposal
Negative
Negative verb - To be unwilling to grant.
Usage example: ultimately, we negatived the request for a personal loan
How words are described
| similar | similar give | similar negative |
| correct | correct give | correct negative |
| big | big give | big negative |
| major | major give | major negative |
| Other adjectives: less, overall. | ||
Common collocations
| items | give items | negative items |
Both words in one sentence
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Doing it as requested will give you positive Reputation in Gilded Vale, while changing sides will give you negative Reputation.
Source: Video Game / Pillars of Eternity - Berserk correctly set your defense to 0 when you used it, then if you used it again it would give you negative defense and after a while it would roll around and give you 8 million defense.
Source: Darth Wiki / Idiot Programming -
Although for some bizarre reason, it will give you the negative stuff if you so much as give it a passing ponderance, but you have to concentrate to get the good stuff.
Source: Literature / The Secret
Cite this Source
Negative and Give. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 14, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/give/negative
Give & Negative. N.p., 2016. Web. 14 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/give/negative>.
Negative or Give. 2016. Accessed August 14, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/give/negative.
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