negative stimulus
Noun
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A stimulus with undesirable consequences (synset 105837804)
is a type of: input, stimulant, stimulation, stimulus - any stimulating information or event; acts to arouse actionsubtypes:
- annoyance, bother, botheration, infliction, pain, pain in the ass, pain in the neck - something or someone that causes trouble; a source of unhappiness
- aversive stimulus - any negative stimulus to which an organism will learn to make a response that avoids it
- concern, headache, vexation, worry - something or someone that causes anxiety; a source of unhappiness
- grief, sorrow - something that causes great unhappiness
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