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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
The world’s leading cryptocurrency has since dropped below its 200-week moving average, signaling a bear market for bitcoin, as more investors appear to hold bearish positions.
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Ty Roush,
Forbes.com,
25 June 2026
When the contracts continued to climb instead, those bearish bets quickly turned sour.
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Bloomberg,
Mercury News,
16 June 2026
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
Yet Souki was decidedly bearish about the prospect of building more LNG terminals, the business that made his fortune.
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Tim McDonnell,
semafor.com,
28 May 2026
See All Example Sentences for bearish
Ty Roush,
Forbes.com,
25 June 2026
When the contracts continued to climb instead, those bearish bets quickly turned sour.
—
Bloomberg,
Mercury News,
16 June 2026
The Logistics Managers’ Index for April was at the root of many bearish stories.
—
Jeremy Lott,
The Washington Examiner,
30 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
See All Example Sentences for bearish
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bearish
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The 41-year-old Portuguese footballer managed to put two past a hopeless Uzbekistan, becoming the first player to score in six consecutive World Cups.
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The conflict feels contemporary without growing too cynical, and the core relationship stakes seem real without skewing hopeless.
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The symptoms are so delayed that people often blame them on food poisoning, irritable-bowel syndrome, gluten intolerance.
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Cancer could be affectionate and chatty one moment, and withdrawn and irritable the next, with little to no explanation.
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His willingness to move to Rio de Janeiro upon taking the job endeared him to the cynical public, as did his decision to call up Neymar to his squad to quieten the noise the forward’s potential exclusion would have brought with it.
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Against the run of play, the Atlas Lions won a free kick near the corner of the box after Luc De Fougerolles was booked for a cynical challenge.
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The Commission ultimately left it at 400 feet, prompting an intense reaction from the angry crowd.
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Some of the women who were angry contacted the SFMOMA not simply to share feedback, but to try to ensure Bahr could never work with the institution again.
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The survey is an indicator of companies foreseeing good conditions minus those feeling pessimistic.
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Recent polls show majority of voters are pessimistic about the economy and a lasting peace deal with Iran.
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Sun shrinking and getting hotter; everything bilious, oxygenless, not great for living.
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Minaj’s bilious flurry is possibly related to claims that she is owed between $100 to 200 million related to her stake in Tidal, the music streaming service launched and spearheaded by Jay-Z in 2015 and was sold to Jack Dorsey’s company Square for $297 million in 2021.
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The powder, sourced from California Dairies and supplied by a third party, tested negative for salmonella before the company used it in the chips.
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Apple, for instance, dropped 5% on April 8, its fourth-straight negative day.
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Leach also would publicly call out his players and could get ornery when questioned about his team’s shortcomings.
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The rabbi is ornery, arrogant, sometimes cruel.
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“Bearish.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bearish. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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