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
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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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With the day’s opening and close both being higher and lower than the prior session’s, this created a bearish engulfing pattern.
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Frank Cappelleri, CNBC, 16 Oct. 2024
The recoveries are sharp verticals, which in a trend like this can be seen as bearish, too.
—Clem Chambers, Forbes, 15 Oct. 2024
But the bearish economist isn’t the only one sounding stagflation fears: JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon is also worried.
—Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 10 Oct. 2024
Just last month, prices hit their lowest level in nearly three years as bearish sentiment swept the market on soft demand in China and plans by OPEC+ to increase production.
—Spencer Kimball, CNBC, 4 Oct. 2024
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Frank Cappelleri, CNBC, 16 Oct. 2024
The recoveries are sharp verticals, which in a trend like this can be seen as bearish, too.
—Clem Chambers, Forbes, 15 Oct. 2024
But the bearish economist isn’t the only one sounding stagflation fears: JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon is also worried.
—Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 10 Oct. 2024
Just last month, prices hit their lowest level in nearly three years as bearish sentiment swept the market on soft demand in China and plans by OPEC+ to increase production.
—Spencer Kimball, CNBC, 4 Oct. 2024
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“Bearish.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bearish. Accessed 30 Oct. 2024.
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