During the 20th century, the word gradually took on negative connotations.

Compromise is a word with both a positive and a negative connotation.

"You hear about different groups moving in, and sometimes that has negative connotations," she said.

Yet the word has taken on a more negative connotation lately.

But when words become associated with women, they take on negative and often sexual connotations.

As a result, the term may have a positive or negative connotation.

The negative connotations of a word like that, come on!

The reason for this change was due to negative connotations of the word master.

All three of these terms have carried negative cultural connotations at one time or another.

Or was he just unfamiliar with the word's negative connotations?