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 following names all have market caps of at least $5 billion, and each one has at least 20% bullish and 20% bearish ratings from analysts.
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Nick Wells,alex Harring, CNBC, 26 Nov. 2025
What surprised was the investors note came from analyst Stephen Laszczyk, who has long been more bearish on Imax than peers and has moved off of a longstanding sell rating for Imax.
—Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 25 Nov. 2025
Brian Kersmanc, a bearish portfolio manager at GQG Partners, had predicted this moment.
—Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 25 Nov. 2025
How much of that selling is tied to profit taking rather than a bearish view of Nvidia and the state of AI remains to be seen.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 19 Nov. 2025
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Nick Wells,alex Harring, CNBC, 26 Nov. 2025
What surprised was the investors note came from analyst Stephen Laszczyk, who has long been more bearish on Imax than peers and has moved off of a longstanding sell rating for Imax.
—Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 25 Nov. 2025
Brian Kersmanc, a bearish portfolio manager at GQG Partners, had predicted this moment.
—Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 25 Nov. 2025
How much of that selling is tied to profit taking rather than a bearish view of Nvidia and the state of AI remains to be seen.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 19 Nov. 2025
See All Example Sentences for bearish
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“Bearish.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bearish. Accessed 7 Dec. 2025.
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