diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 75f301aa700..2111dfacce9 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 ## [`master`](https://github.com/elastic/eui/tree/master)
 
+- Added support for negated or clauses to `EuiSearchBar` ([#2140](https://github.com/elastic/eui/pull/2140))
+
 **Bug fixes**
 
 - Fixed `EuiComboBox`'s padding on the right ([#2135](https://github.com/elastic/eui/pull/2135))
diff --git a/src/components/search_bar/query/ast.js b/src/components/search_bar/query/ast.js
index 67a7e3e343a..7f8106fd8f2 100644
--- a/src/components/search_bar/query/ast.js
+++ b/src/components/search_bar/query/ast.js
@@ -89,6 +89,9 @@ const Group = Object.freeze({
   must: value => {
     return { type: Group.TYPE, value, match: Match.MUST };
   },
+  mustNot: value => {
+    return { type: Group.TYPE, value, match: Match.MUST_NOT };
+  },
 });
 
 const Field = Object.freeze({
diff --git a/src/components/search_bar/query/default_syntax.js b/src/components/search_bar/query/default_syntax.js
index 62fe947dd3d..bc12e1e2871 100644
--- a/src/components/search_bar/query/default_syntax.js
+++ b/src/components/search_bar/query/default_syntax.js
@@ -22,18 +22,22 @@ Clauses
   }
 
 Clause
-  = IsClause
+  = GroupClause
+  / IsClause
   / FieldClause
   / TermClause
-  / GroupClause
 
-GroupClause
+SubGroupClause
   = "(" head:Clause tail:(
     space? orWord space? clause:Clause { return clause }
   )* ")" {
-    return AST.Group.must([head, ...tail]);
+    return [head, ...tail];
   }
 
+GroupClause
+  = space? "-" group:SubGroupClause { return AST.Group.mustNot(group) }
+  / space? group:SubGroupClause { return AST.Group.must(group) }
+
 TermClause
   = space? "-" value:termValue { return AST.Term.mustNot(value); }
   / space? value:termValue { return AST.Term.must(value); }
diff --git a/src/components/search_bar/query/default_syntax.test.js b/src/components/search_bar/query/default_syntax.test.js
index c1d7e961d64..fb77e6165c0 100644
--- a/src/components/search_bar/query/default_syntax.test.js
+++ b/src/components/search_bar/query/default_syntax.test.js
@@ -1083,6 +1083,42 @@ describe('defaultSyntax', () => {
     expect(nameClauseB.value).toBe('susan');
   });
 
+  test('negated OR clause', () => {
+    const query = '-(name:john OR name:susan)';
+    const schema = {
+      strict: true,
+      fields: {
+        name: {
+          type: 'string',
+        },
+      },
+    };
+    const ast = defaultSyntax.parse(query, { schema });
+
+    expect(ast).toBeDefined();
+    expect(ast.clauses).toHaveLength(1);
+
+    const groupClauses = ast.getGroupClauses();
+    expect(groupClauses).toHaveLength(1);
+
+    const [groupClause] = groupClauses;
+    expect(groupClause).toBeDefined();
+    expect(AST.Group.isInstance(groupClause)).toBe(true);
+    expect(AST.Match.isMustClause(groupClause)).toBe(false);
+
+    const [nameClauseA, nameClauseB] = groupClause.value;
+
+    expect(AST.Field.isInstance(nameClauseA)).toBe(true);
+    expect(AST.Match.isMustClause(nameClauseA)).toBe(true);
+    expect(nameClauseA.field).toBe('name');
+    expect(nameClauseA.value).toBe('john');
+
+    expect(AST.Field.isInstance(nameClauseB)).toBe(true);
+    expect(AST.Match.isMustClause(nameClauseB)).toBe(true);
+    expect(nameClauseB.field).toBe('name');
+    expect(nameClauseB.value).toBe('susan');
+  });
+
   test('or term parsing and printing', () => {
     const query = '"or"';
     const ast = defaultSyntax.parse(query);
diff --git a/src/components/search_bar/query/execute_ast.js b/src/components/search_bar/query/execute_ast.js
index 03e6e20aa18..cb47597ab05 100644
--- a/src/components/search_bar/query/execute_ast.js
+++ b/src/components/search_bar/query/execute_ast.js
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ export const createFilter = (
         }
         throw new Error(`Unknown query clause type in group, [${clause.type}]`);
       });
-      return matchesGroup;
+      return AST.Match.isMustClause(clause) ? matchesGroup : !matchesGroup;
     });
 
     return isGroupMatch;
diff --git a/src/components/search_bar/query/execute_ast.test.js b/src/components/search_bar/query/execute_ast.test.js
index f448d540206..5be44c2d11d 100644
--- a/src/components/search_bar/query/execute_ast.test.js
+++ b/src/components/search_bar/query/execute_ast.test.js
@@ -365,6 +365,27 @@ describe('execute ast', () => {
     expect(names).toContain('foo bar');
   });
 
+  test('negated OR clause', () => {
+    const items = [
+      { name: 'john doe', age: 9 },
+      { name: 'foo', age: 6 },
+      { name: 'foo bar', age: 7 },
+      { name: 'bar', age: 8 },
+    ];
+    const result = executeAst(
+      AST.create([
+        AST.Group.mustNot([
+          AST.Field.must.eq('name', 'john doe'),
+          AST.Field.must.eq('name', 'foo'),
+        ]),
+      ]),
+      items
+    );
+    expect(result).toHaveLength(1);
+    const names = result.map(item => item.name);
+    expect(names).toContain('bar');
+  });
+
   describe('array field values', () => {
     describe('eq operator', () => {
       test('full match', () => {