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 The world’s leading cryptocurrency has since dropped below its 200-week moving average, signaling a bear market for bitcoin, as more investors appear to hold bearish positions. — Ty Roush, Forbes.com, 25 June 2026 When the contracts continued to climb instead, those bearish bets quickly turned sour. — Bloomberg, Mercury News, 16 June 2026 The Logistics Managers’ Index for April was at the root of many bearish stories. — Jeremy Lott, The Washington Examiner, 30 May 2026 Yet Souki was decidedly bearish about the prospect of building more LNG terminals, the business that made his fortune. — Tim McDonnell, semafor.com, 28 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for bearish

Recent Examples of Synonyms for bearish

Adjective

Waymo’s fleet of autonomous taxis has garnered a reputation for causing mayhem on public streets, from trapping drivers in hours of hopeless gridlock to driving into oncoming traffic.

— Victor Tangermann, Futurism, 8 July 2026
Released in theaters on May 15, Obsession follows the harrowing path of Bear (Johnston), a lovelorn music store employee who has a hopeless crush on his co-worker, Nikki (Navarrette).

— Tim Lammers, Forbes.com, 4 July 2026

Definition of hopeless

Adjective

The symptoms are so delayed that people often blame them on food poisoning, irritable-bowel syndrome, gluten intolerance.

— Burkhard Bilger, New Yorker, 29 June 2026
Cancer could be affectionate and chatty one moment, and withdrawn and irritable the next, with little to no explanation.

— Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 23 June 2026

Definition of irritable

Adjective

His willingness to move to Rio de Janeiro upon taking the job endeared him to the cynical public, as did his decision to call up Neymar to his squad to quieten the noise the forward’s potential exclusion would have brought with it.

— Chris Evans, Forbes.com, 5 July 2026
Against the run of play, the Atlas Lions won a free kick near the corner of the box after Luc De Fougerolles was booked for a cynical challenge.

— Patrick Sung Cuadrado, CNN Money, 4 July 2026

Definition of cynical

Adjective

Bowles told jurors Millete was angry at May over her yearlong affair with another man and likely poisoned her with the toxic plant hemlock.

— Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 July 2026
Yet over our two days together in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, El-Sayed rarely comes across as angry.

— Nik Popli, Time, 8 July 2026

Definition of angry

Adjective

Workers are largely pessimistic about AI's impact on jobs, with 32% fearing fewer opportunities and only 6% expecting more, despite a recent shift in executive messaging.

— Caroline Castrillon, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026
Opinion polls suggest most Americans are proud of our founding story, but deeply conflicted and pessimistic about the future.

— Terry W. Hartle, Christian Science Monitor, 6 July 2026

Definition of pessimistic

Adjective

Sun shrinking and getting hotter; everything bilious, oxygenless, not great for living.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 3 Nov. 2025
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

KeyBanc downgrades Salesforce to sector weight from overweight KeyBanc its survey checks appear negative for the company.

— Michael Bloom, CNBC, 9 July 2026
The young adults struggle with poor mental, physical health, negative judgments of their own personal character, finding meaning in life, financial security, and the quality of their relationships.

— Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 9 July 2026