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abnegative

/æbˈnɛɡətɪv/

abnegative adjective: denying; renouncing; negative.

Adjective

abnegative (comparative more abnegative, superlative most abnegative)

  1. (obsolete, rare) Denying; renouncing; negative
    • There is rather in their faces a quiet , baffling , negative , and abnegative expression , which certainly is as far from happy content as it is from desperate rebellion1872, Sara Jane Lippincott, New Life in New Lands

abnegative meaning in Bengali

abnegative in Bengali

অস্বীকার করা, পরিত্যাগ করা, নেতিবাচক

Forms of abnegative

comparativemore abnegative
superlativemost abnegative

Origin of abnegative

Borrowed from Latin abnegativus.

Questions about abnegative

What does abnegative mean?
Abnegative means denying; renouncing; negative.
What is abnegative in Bengali?
Abnegative in Bengali is অস্বীকার করা, পরিত্যাগ করা, নেতিবাচক. See Abnegative meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is abnegative?
Abnegative is an adjective.
How do you pronounce abnegative?
Abnegative is pronounced /æbˈnɛɡətɪv/.

Words near abnegative in the dictionary

  1. abnegated
  2. abnegates
  3. abnegating
  4. abnegation
  5. abnegations
  6. abnegative
  7. abnegator
  8. abnegators
  9. abnegatory
  10. Abner
  11. Abners

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Adapted from Wiktionary: abnegative (page history and authors); abnegative (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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