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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For investors willing to fade consensus optimism, NET presents an increasingly attractive asymmetric bearish setup.
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Tony Zhang, CNBC, 14 Jan. 2026
Energy options skew—the spread between bullish calls and bearish puts—had returned to levels last seen in mid-2025 before Trump’s statement.
—Güney Yıldız, Forbes.com, 14 Jan. 2026
Burry described Nvidia as the most concentrated way to express a bearish view on the artificial intelligence trade.
—Carmen Reinicke, Fortune, 10 Jan. 2026
Harper, meanwhile, agreed to become the Gen Z successor to a shadowy old money head of a bearish investment fund.
—Alex Ritman, Variety, 5 Jan. 2026
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Tony Zhang, CNBC, 14 Jan. 2026
Energy options skew—the spread between bullish calls and bearish puts—had returned to levels last seen in mid-2025 before Trump’s statement.
—Güney Yıldız, Forbes.com, 14 Jan. 2026
Burry described Nvidia as the most concentrated way to express a bearish view on the artificial intelligence trade.
—Carmen Reinicke, Fortune, 10 Jan. 2026
Harper, meanwhile, agreed to become the Gen Z successor to a shadowy old money head of a bearish investment fund.
—Alex Ritman, Variety, 5 Jan. 2026
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 22 Jan. 2026.
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