negative stimulus

/ˌnɛgədɪv ˌstɪmjələs/

Definitions of negative stimulus

1. noun

   a stimulus with undesirable consequences
   types:

   annoyance, bother, botheration, infliction, pain, 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

   nuisance

   (law) a broad legal concept including anything that disturbs the reasonable use of your property or endangers life and health or is offensive

   irritant, thorn

   something that causes irritation and annoyance

   plague

   an annoyance

   bugaboo

   a source of concern

   burden, encumbrance, incumbrance, load, onus

   an onerous or difficult concern

   business

   a rightful concern or responsibility

   type of:

   input, stimulant, stimulation, stimulus

   any stimulating information or event; acts to arouse action