English > negative stimulus: 1 sense > noun 1, cognition| 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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