1
: suggestive of a bull (as in brawniness)
2
a
: marked by, tending to cause, or hopeful of rising prices (as in a stock market)
a bullish market
bullish policies
bullish investors
b
: optimistic about something's or someone's prospects
bullish on the company's future
bullishly
adverb
bullishness
noun
Examples of bullish in a Sentence
Members of her party are bullish about her reelection.
They are bullish about the future of the product.
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Yes, but: Although pre-training may have hit a wall, most of the industry remains bullish on new gains to be made with reasoning.
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Ina Fried, Axios, 28 Feb. 2025
Following a post-Super Bowl bump, bullish sentiment returned to the space with a bevy of prominent names soaring 15%+ in the span of a week.
—Matt Rybaltowski, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2025
Many analysts are still bullish on Tesla, and are doubling down on their investments in the belief that the company's fundamentals will result in upward movement in the longer term.
—Ross Rosenfeld, Newsweek, 26 Feb. 2025
Yet bullish traders still outnumber bearish traders 51% to 34%.
—John Towfighi, CNN, 25 Feb. 2025
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Ina Fried, Axios, 28 Feb. 2025
Following a post-Super Bowl bump, bullish sentiment returned to the space with a bevy of prominent names soaring 15%+ in the span of a week.
—Matt Rybaltowski, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2025
Many analysts are still bullish on Tesla, and are doubling down on their investments in the belief that the company's fundamentals will result in upward movement in the longer term.
—Ross Rosenfeld, Newsweek, 26 Feb. 2025
Yet bullish traders still outnumber bearish traders 51% to 34%.
—John Towfighi, CNN, 25 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for bullish
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“Bullish.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bullish. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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