English noun: negative stimulus | |||
1. | negative stimulus (cognition) a stimulus with undesirable consequences | ||
Broader (hypernym) | input, stimulant, stimulation, stimulus | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | annoyance, aversive stimulus, bother, botheration, concern, grief, headache, infliction, pain, pain in the ass, pain in the neck, sorrow, vexation, worry | ||