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I believe sumelic's answer, shocked, is the best word for a strongly negative surprised reaction, but if you're looking for a milder alternative, you could consider taken aback. "When Susan accused me of cheating I was completely taken aback." It means to be both surprised and disturbed or unsettled at the same time.
"Negative" is one dimensional. Ambition is multi-dimensional, and they can be negated together or separately. There just aren't "negative synonyms" for most words. If you mean someone is an asshole, say so; but ambition already invites the inference of a fair amount of eagerness and lack of principles. –
Nonetheless, the negative connotation is undeniably there. If you're looking for a synonym without that negative connotation, you might try leverage (already suggested) or harness . Share
There are other synonyms that are further away: remorse, heartache, misgivings, lament, qualms. Note that 'nostalgia' is given as a synonym of 'regret', but I don't naturally associate 'nostalgia' with negative memories so I question its use for both positive and negative.
the negative result caused by something that creates difficulty for achieving success In regards to the title, "the negative impact of colonialism on mentality", you could turn it into "the detrimental effect of colonialism on mentality" or "the detriment to mentality caused by colonialism", for example.
However, without more context, "horrendous" would be the first thing that comes to mind for me when thinking about something negative that is hard to forget. Their actions towards those innocent people were so horrendous that I can't imagine someone really doing such a thing. Checking this thesaurus link "appalling" could fit, as well.
It implies that the mathematical objects have been known for a while, but does not have any negative connotations (to me), nor implies great antiquity. I think it depends a lot on the context. Had you asked for a similar word to describe cheese, I'd have suggested aged or well aged, but I don't think that applies at all in this case. ;)
I am looking for a word that describes a situation, where two processes with a negative outcome (in software development) combined together lead to a stronger negative effect.
They are essentially synonyms, the following extract suggests that loquacious has a more negative connotation than talkative and is less common as shown in Ngram: Talkative: Our starting word, “talkative,” should describe somebody who likes to talk frequently or at length.
I would use "divergencies" if you want something that has lightly negative connotations or "notabilities" when you are trying to refer to something neutral. "Aberration" is also a really interesting one to use. As it is rarely used, it doesn't really have that many common connotations that may be more extreme, but it is also negative.