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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Doing so reveals a larger bearish formation that looks strikingly similar to the setup in mid-April — just before the market-wide reversal began.
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Frank Cappelleri, CNBC, 22 Oct. 2025
None of these moves point to a lasting bearish turn.
—Dave Smith, Fortune, 17 Oct. 2025
The concern extends beyond individual losses to whether retail investors using AI tools understand risk management or have strategies for when markets turn bearish.
—Benj Edwards, ArsTechnica, 25 Sep. 2025
The first-level fear is that pressure on drug prices is bearish for healthcare.
—Brett Owens, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
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Frank Cappelleri, CNBC, 22 Oct. 2025
None of these moves point to a lasting bearish turn.
—Dave Smith, Fortune, 17 Oct. 2025
The concern extends beyond individual losses to whether retail investors using AI tools understand risk management or have strategies for when markets turn bearish.
—Benj Edwards, ArsTechnica, 25 Sep. 2025
The first-level fear is that pressure on drug prices is bearish for healthcare.
—Brett Owens, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 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 31 Oct. 2025.
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