BEARISH Synonyms: 144 Similar and Opposite Words

bearish

adjective

ˈber-ish

Definition of bearish

as in hopeless

emphasizing or expecting the worst some studio execs are bearish about this summer's box office

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as in irritable

having or showing a habitually bad temper a bearish recluse who ordered everyone to stay off his property

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Recent Examples of bearish Wall Street doesn’t love it, either—12 Holds and as many Sells (4) as Buys is for all practical purposes a bearish outlook from the traditionally Pollyannaish research set. — Brett Owens, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2026 Burry is putting his money where his mouth is, placing bearish bets against some of the biggest beneficiaries of the AI boom, including Nvidia, and others that are positioned against the broader semiconductor sector. — Yun Li, CNBC, 13 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for bearish

Recent Examples of Synonyms for bearish

Adjective

The hopeless romantic in me was shoved out of the way by the football fan.

— Sean Joseph OutKick, FOXNews.com, 11 Aug. 2026
The wartime mood among European and American intellectuals was hopeless, or, rather, in her estimation, helpless.

— David Denby, New Yorker, 10 Aug. 2026

Definition of hopeless

Adjective

Bill Murray plays Phil Connors, an irritable, cynical weatherman sent to Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, to report a story about the town’s quaint groundhog ceremony.

— David Faris, TheWeek, 10 Aug. 2026
Whether a balanced market can be achieved with competing cartels will be an interesting experiment in a sometimes-irritable trade relationship.

— Tim Treadgold, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026

Definition of irritable

Adjective

Unauthorized sequels reveal the extremes of why people make movies in the first place, from purely cynical money grabs to pure — even naive — devotion to characters and their world.

— Katie Rife, IndieWire, 11 Aug. 2026
Bill Murray plays Phil Connors, an irritable, cynical weatherman sent to Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, to report a story about the town’s quaint groundhog ceremony.

— David Faris, TheWeek, 10 Aug. 2026

Definition of cynical

Adjective

Thrillers like 1990's Hunt for Red October and similar fare make submarine hunting look like the most exciting thing this side of pulling a nose hair out of an angry grizzly bear, but the reality is entirely different.

— David Szondy August 12, New Atlas, 13 Aug. 2026
Many Democrats, especially younger ones, are angry at Israel over Gaza.

— Andrew Cuomo, New York Daily News, 13 Aug. 2026

Definition of angry

Adjective

Yet these concepts often seem lost on the many economists who think many Americans are overly pessimistic.

— Jonathan Lansner, Oc Register, 10 Aug. 2026
And not be pessimistic either, but the Blaugrana are just one injury to Pau Cubarsi away from having Gerard Martin and Eric Garcia as their main center backs.

— Tom Sanderson, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026

Definition of pessimistic

Adjective

Look the steady coarsening of American civic and political culture and the ways in which the once-outrageous—the bilious, hateful rhetoric and the creeping authoritarianism—have become almost ordinary.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 July 2026
Minaj’s bilious flurry is possibly related to claims that she is owed between $100 to 200 million related to her stake in Tidal, the music streaming service launched and spearheaded by Jay-Z in 2015 and was sold to Jack Dorsey’s company Square for $297 million in 2021.

— Andrew Flanagan, Variety, 15 Oct. 2025

Definition of bilious

Adjective

Consequently, the plant could potentially become net-negative—removing more CO₂ from the atmosphere than the entire system emits during its life cycle.

— Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 13 Aug. 2026
However, a whole-brain analysis did show distinct patterns of activity when the dogs saw faces showing the negative emotions.

— Lianne Kolirin, CNN Money, 13 Aug. 2026

Definition of negative

Adjective

In the show, Kyle Chandler plays Hal Jordan, an ornery Green Lantern who is begrudgingly training his upstart protégé (Aaron Pierre).

— Jordan Moreau, Variety, 16 July 2026
Leach also would publicly call out his players and could get ornery when questioned about his team’s shortcomings.

— Ralph D. Russo, New York Times, 2 June 2026