Meaning | A stimulus with undesirable consequences. |
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Narrower | annoyance, bother, botheration, pain, infliction, pain in the neck, pain in the ass | Something or someone that causes trouble |
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aversive stimulus | Any negative stimulus to which an organism will learn to make a response that avoids it |
concern, worry, headache, vexation | Something or someone that causes anxiety |
grief, sorrow | Something that causes great unhappiness |
Broader | stimulation, stimulus, stimulant, input | Any stimulating information or event |
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Spanish | estímulo negativo |
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Catalan | estímul negatiu |
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