Negative Emotions (Unpleasant Emotions)

The valence (subjective experience, usually in terms in attractiveness or aversiveness) of emotions that is characterized by displeasure, unpleasantness and (typically, but not always) motivates avoidance-type behaviours. Contrast with Positive Emotions (Pleasant Emotions).

Reference:

Russell, J. A., & Barrett, L. F. (1999). Core affect, prototypical emotional episodes, and other things called emotion: dissecting the elephant. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 76(5), 805-819. https://psycnet.apa.org/doi/10.1037/0022-3514.76.5.805