1
: resembling a bear in build or in roughness, gruffness, or surliness
a bearish man
2
a
: marked by, tending to cause, or fearful of falling prices (as in a stock market)
bearish investors
b
bearishly
adverb
bearishness
noun
Examples of bearish in a Sentence
The market has been bearish lately.
some studio execs are bearish about this summer's box office
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Despite these bearish fundamentals, a funny thing happened in September—LIT quietly bottomed after a three-year downtrend.
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Brett Owens, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2025
What’s more, Bespoke found that the five-week growth in bearish sentiment within the survey is the third highest on record.
—Alex Harring, CNBC, 27 Feb. 2025
Yet bullish traders still outnumber bearish traders 51% to 34%.
—John Towfighi, CNN, 25 Feb. 2025
So Musk, who has spent his career defying bearish predictions, is now working his greatest puzzle of all.
—Axios, 25 Feb. 2025
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Brett Owens, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2025
What’s more, Bespoke found that the five-week growth in bearish sentiment within the survey is the third highest on record.
—Alex Harring, CNBC, 27 Feb. 2025
Yet bullish traders still outnumber bearish traders 51% to 34%.
—John Towfighi, CNN, 25 Feb. 2025
So Musk, who has spent his career defying bearish predictions, is now working his greatest puzzle of all.
—Axios, 25 Feb. 2025
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“Bearish.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bearish. Accessed 10 Mar. 2025.
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