Negative and Taboo

Negative

Negative verb - To reject by or as if by a vote.

Taboo and negative are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Taboo" instead a verb "Negative".

Taboo

Taboo verb - Declare as sacred and forbidden.

Negative and taboo are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Negative" instead a verb "Taboo".

Nearby Words: tabooed, tabooing

Mutual synonyms

How words are described

similar similar negative similar taboo
common common negative common taboo
big big negative big taboo
ultimate ultimate negative ultimate taboo
Other adjectives: major.

Both words in one sentence

  • Jesus Was Way Cool — a taboo against portraying Jesus in a negative light, a taboo that doesn't necessarily extend to God.
  • This was in a time when talking about divorce or disabilities in a children's animated series was almost a taboo (just a few years prior, a Sesame Street episode about divorce was shelved due to negative reactions from test audiences).
  • Video Game / The World Ends with You Red noise is "regular" noise, yellow is negative noise that has to be cleared from a person, noise with a "background" color is Taboo, blue is a boss, and green is pig noise.
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