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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This divergence is often the first tell that the dominant bearish trend is losing steam and a reversal is brewing.
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Nishant Pant, CNBC, 10 Feb. 2026
Albert Edwards, the bearish analyst at Société Générale known both inside his bank and throughout the industry for offering the alternative viewpoint, raised similar points in a note last week.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 9 Feb. 2026
As a result, some investors remain bearish on bitcoin, even if clearer rules are eventually put into place.
—Allie Canal, NBC news, 5 Feb. 2026
Bitcoin prices dropped over the weekend, declining to their lowest point of the year as multiple bearish factors combined to drive losses.
—Charles Lloyd Bovaird Ii, Forbes.com, 27 Jan. 2026
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Nishant Pant, CNBC, 10 Feb. 2026
Albert Edwards, the bearish analyst at Société Générale known both inside his bank and throughout the industry for offering the alternative viewpoint, raised similar points in a note last week.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 9 Feb. 2026
As a result, some investors remain bearish on bitcoin, even if clearer rules are eventually put into place.
—Allie Canal, NBC news, 5 Feb. 2026
Bitcoin prices dropped over the weekend, declining to their lowest point of the year as multiple bearish factors combined to drive losses.
—Charles Lloyd Bovaird Ii, Forbes.com, 27 Jan. 2026
See All Example Sentences for bearish
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“Bearish.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bearish. Accessed 14 Feb. 2026.
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