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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
This was a sign that the bullish sentiment was too low and the bearish sentiment was too high.
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Tom Aspray, Forbes.com, 27 May 2025
The extreme bearish sentiment and defensive positioning of early August are no longer strong tailwinds.
—Michael Santoli, CNBC, 26 May 2025
There has also been pervasive bearish sentiment in the market, which can be a buying signal.
—John Towfighi, CNN Money, 24 Apr. 2025
Just a month ago, positioning in U.S. equities and the dollar was the most bearish since at least 2014, per Jefferies’ data.
—Catherine Baab, Quartz, 14 May 2025
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Tom Aspray, Forbes.com, 27 May 2025
The extreme bearish sentiment and defensive positioning of early August are no longer strong tailwinds.
—Michael Santoli, CNBC, 26 May 2025
There has also been pervasive bearish sentiment in the market, which can be a buying signal.
—John Towfighi, CNN Money, 24 Apr. 2025
Just a month ago, positioning in U.S. equities and the dollar was the most bearish since at least 2014, per Jefferies’ data.
—Catherine Baab, Quartz, 14 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bearish
Adjective
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Those who are convinced they’re trapped stay helpless and hopeless.—
Amy Morin,
CNBC,
12 June 2025
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In a world where the powerful increasingly act with impunity, taking fictional villains to task makes sense, a form of Hollywood wish fulfillment for those who feel stuck or hopeless.—
Whitney Friedlander,
Los Angeles Times,
11 June 2025
Adjective
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Cass fulfills his obligations in a particularly irritable way.—
Jesse Hassenger,
Vulture,
30 Apr. 2025
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One person’s fatigue is another’s back pain, is another’s migraine or irritable bowel, or long Covid, and so on.—
Jessica DuLong,
CNN Money,
11 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Robbins will play Russell Kind, a rough and grizzled settler with a cynical world view.—
Rosy Cordero,
Deadline,
12 June 2025
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Of course, given the ubiquity of such ambitious politicians of all flavors, everywhere, all the time, the charge of cynical opportunism has fairly short legs.—
Dain Fitzgerald,
The Washington Examiner,
6 June 2025
Adjective
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After protests and angry meetings, students were displaced to schools that were farther away from home.—
Jennifer Smith Richards,
ProPublica,
13 June 2025
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There are angry physical altercations as vivid as anything in a Martin McDonagh two-hander.—
Christopher Arnott,
Hartford Courant,
13 June 2025
Adjective
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CEOs’ responses were pessimistic about many business factors.—
Megan Poinski,
Forbes.com,
9 June 2025
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Still, some scholars remain pessimistic about the odds of deciphering khipus with any certainty.—
Sam Kean,
The Atlantic,
26 May 2025
Adjective
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Under Nézet-Séguin, the musicians do the job spectacularly, releasing all those bilious harmonies and seething rhythms in an unbroken two-hour spasm of excitement.—
Justin Davidson,
Vulture,
30 Apr. 2025
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And Emily’s side of the family isn't much better, represented by her mean, bilious aunt (Allison Janney, herself no slouch in the hissing-authority department) and her boozy mother (Elizabeth Perkins, replacing Jean Smart from the first film).—
Tom Gliatto,
People.com,
30 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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All the 113 negative votes came from Democrats, three of them from Massachusetts.—
Peter Lucas,
Boston Herald,
16 June 2025
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Father’s Day weekend was celebratory for some dads in the world, and negative for others.—
Armon Sadler,
VIBE.com,
16 June 2025
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But when Chief, the ornery stray, gets overruled into helping his pack assist a boy who’s crash-landed on their trash island, Cranston really nails it.—
Joe Reid,
Vulture,
12 June 2025
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The ornery character actor Richard Kind is his announcer, barking non sequiturs from behind a podium.—
David Sims,
The Atlantic,
7 Apr. 2025
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“Bearish.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bearish. Accessed 19 Jun. 2025.
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