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as in hopeless
emphasizing or expecting the worst
some studio execs are bearish about this summer's box office
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as in irritable
having or showing a habitually bad temper
a bearish recluse who ordered everyone to stay off his property
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Recent Examples of bearish
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Edgar Allen, founder and chief investment officer of High Ground Investment Management, revealed his firm’s bearish stance on Cargojet during the Sohn investment conference earlier this month.
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Karen Gilchrist,holly Ellyatt, CNBC, 27 Nov. 2024
Goldman’s latest forecast comes after an especially bearish view from October that projected a 3% nominal return over the next 10 years.
—Paolo Confino, Fortune, 20 Nov. 2024
And more losses could be on the way, as the stock is now flashing a historically bearish signal.
—Schaeffer's Investment Research, Forbes, 6 Nov. 2024
Therefore a negative or bearish divergence was formed.
—Tom Aspray, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
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Karen Gilchrist,holly Ellyatt, CNBC, 27 Nov. 2024
Goldman’s latest forecast comes after an especially bearish view from October that projected a 3% nominal return over the next 10 years.
—Paolo Confino, Fortune, 20 Nov. 2024
And more losses could be on the way, as the stock is now flashing a historically bearish signal.
—Schaeffer's Investment Research, Forbes, 6 Nov. 2024
Therefore a negative or bearish divergence was formed.
—Tom Aspray, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bearish
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By that point, most American passengers had reached a point of hopeless exhaustion.Opheli Garcia Lawlor, Travel + Leisure, 10 Dec. 2024
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Eugene is able to carry on after his romance with Lee, while Lee is confined to a life of falling into the same miserable cycles of loneliness and addiction, a feeling manifested by the snake shedding a hopeless tear.Barry Levitt, TIME, 6 Dec. 2024
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Even if a more irritable side of her personality has emerged, there’s no excuse for cruelty.R. Eric Thomas, Chicago Tribune, 4 Nov. 2024
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In worst-case scenarios, pain can cause a dog to be more irritable and aggressive, like if a human had a severe headache and couldn't tolerate social interaction, Enomoto said.Claire Thornton, USA TODAY, 8 Nov. 2024
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While few constituencies have been spared recrimination, some of the most cynical and pernicious scapegoating has been reserved for the transgender community.Anthony D. Romero, Twin Cities, 6 Dec. 2024
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Bezos said he’s had a lot of success in life not being cynical.Brooke Seipel, Fortune, 4 Dec. 2024
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Early this year, the company had a PR problem as angry customers raged online about higher menu prices.Allison Morrow, CNN, 11 Dec. 2024
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Folks are always angry at D.C., and yet, states have to make things work every day.Aaron Navarro, CBS News, 9 Dec. 2024
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There are plenty of reasons to be pessimistic about our ability to confront the global dengue problem and prevent its further expansion into the United States.Stephen J. Thomas, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024
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The unemployment rate remains strong and the stock market is on the rise, but the poll shows Democrats are increasingly pessimistic about the economy.Dan Perry, Newsweek, 17 Dec. 2024
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Not altogether surprising because the proliferation of guns and incendiary political rhetoric over the past few decades — and especially the last few bilious years — made the shooting at a Trump rally in Butler, Pa., seemingly just a matter of time.Mark Z. Barabak, Los Angeles Times, 14 July 2024
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The Wolf of Wall Street (2013) Rampant exposure to this movie on cable suggests that Scorsese’s bilious portrait of Jordan Belfort may soon join GoodFellas as one of the director’s most intensely rewatchable efforts.Will Leitch, Vulture, 8 Mar. 2024
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To limit those negative responses, the site is adjusting its user input tools, and will end the conversations of users who submit content that violates the site's terms of service and community guidelines.Kerry Breen, CBS News, 12 Dec. 2024
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Protection Challenges: Children in crisis are particularly vulnerable to exploitation, abuse and neglect; in Syria, 85 percent of all households struggle to make ends meet, increasing their risks of turning to child labor and other negative coping mechanisms.Maryanne Murray Buechner, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2024
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The toy comes to life, fends off some ornery mice with his sword and leads Clara through a wintry dreamworld of dancing Christmas treats.Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 8 Dec. 2024
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Throughout the movie, the ornery Scrooge (played by George C. Scott) is visited by the ghosts of Christmas past, present and future.Olatunji Osho-Williams, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Nov. 2024
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“Bearish.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bearish. Accessed 23 Dec. 2024.
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