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
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 bearish trend is likely to persist through the holiday season as market activity slows. Vinamrata Chaturvedi, Quartz, 23 Dec. 2024 During the dot-com boom, many bearish voices on Wall Street fell silent, and some left their jobs, as their firms sought to profit from the boom by promoting or investing in Internet and tech stocks. John Cassidy, The New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2024 An absence of both is currently adding further bearish baggage which is proving hard for the world's oil markets to shed. Gaurav Sharma, Forbes, 22 Dec. 2024 From a short-term trading perspective, that clearly has provided both bullish and bearish mean-reverting opportunities within what’s become a sizable trading range. Frank Cappelleri, CNBC, 18 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for bearish 

Word History

First Known Use

1607, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of bearish was in 1607

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“Bearish.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bearish. Accessed 6 Jan. 2025.

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