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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The Logistics Managers’ Index for April was at the root of many bearish stories.
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Jeremy Lott, The Washington Examiner, 30 May 2026
My thesis this week for a bearish-to-bullish reversal rested on the idea that ZS had been unfairly punished and that the 50-day moving average was turning positive.
—Michael Khouw, CNBC, 28 May 2026
Yet Souki was decidedly bearish about the prospect of building more LNG terminals, the business that made his fortune.
—Tim McDonnell, semafor.com, 28 May 2026
Sanofi’s resistance to embracing agentic AI services sold by SaaS companies comes amid Wall Street’s bearish view on the software-as-a-service sector.
—John Kell, Fortune, 27 May 2026
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Jeremy Lott, The Washington Examiner, 30 May 2026
My thesis this week for a bearish-to-bullish reversal rested on the idea that ZS had been unfairly punished and that the 50-day moving average was turning positive.
—Michael Khouw, CNBC, 28 May 2026
Yet Souki was decidedly bearish about the prospect of building more LNG terminals, the business that made his fortune.
—Tim McDonnell, semafor.com, 28 May 2026
Sanofi’s resistance to embracing agentic AI services sold by SaaS companies comes amid Wall Street’s bearish view on the software-as-a-service sector.
—John Kell, Fortune, 27 May 2026
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“Bearish.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bearish. Accessed 31 May. 2026.
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