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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
With Wall Street bearish on SaaS companies, Workday is effectively recognizing the deep skepticism that even its founder-savior will face in successfully making the transition into the AI age.
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Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 13 Feb. 2026
Maersk’s pre-tax profit outlook for 2026 ranges between $1 billion and a more bearish $1.5 billion loss.
—Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 5 Feb. 2026
The quarterly rebalanced mix of large-, mid-, and small-cap RV Portfolio stocks has offered a responsive approach to capitalizing on positive market conditions while mitigating losses in bearish markets, as elaborated in RV Portfolio performance metrics.
—Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 28 Jan. 2026
The bearish sentiment isn’t confined to the front-end—investors are the most pessimistic on the dollar’s long-term outlook since at least May 2025.
—Jordan Erb, Bloomberg, 27 Jan. 2026
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Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 13 Feb. 2026
Maersk’s pre-tax profit outlook for 2026 ranges between $1 billion and a more bearish $1.5 billion loss.
—Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 5 Feb. 2026
The quarterly rebalanced mix of large-, mid-, and small-cap RV Portfolio stocks has offered a responsive approach to capitalizing on positive market conditions while mitigating losses in bearish markets, as elaborated in RV Portfolio performance metrics.
—Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 28 Jan. 2026
The bearish sentiment isn’t confined to the front-end—investors are the most pessimistic on the dollar’s long-term outlook since at least May 2025.
—Jordan Erb, Bloomberg, 27 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bearish
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In a more simplistic story, Derya and Aziz’s efforts to find a good private school for their daughter would come off as a hopeless bourgeois indulgence.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
26 Feb. 2026
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The result has been a bloodbath in the state of Sinaloa, with thousands killed, thousands more missing and the violence reaching such heights that the Mexican government looks hopeless, if not hapless.—
Daniel DePetris,
Chicago Tribune,
24 Feb. 2026
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Manic episodes are described as prolonged periods of mood instability, in which a person can experience extreme increases in energy or euphoria, or alternatively, feel depressed or unusually irritable.—
Edward Segarra,
USA Today,
24 Feb. 2026
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Lack of sleep can lead to a range of problems, including feeling more irritable.—
Michelle Mastro,
The Spruce,
7 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Which is a bit of a cynical play.—
Alison Herman,
Variety,
2 Mar. 2026
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Jisoo is paired with Seo In-guk, who plays her cynical real-world rival.—
Jessica Radloff,
Glamour,
1 Mar. 2026
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Fans have been angry that the production fired actor Melissa Barrera for speaking out in favor of Palestine.—
Jason P. Frank,
Vulture,
27 Feb. 2026
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Julia Ross, who loves Cunningham for her fourth grader, felt angry that Kennedy came to the school for what felt to her like a photo opportunity.—
Keri Heath,
Austin American Statesman,
27 Feb. 2026
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This is a pessimistic line of thinking.—
Julia Poe,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Feb. 2026
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But the most pessimistic scenarios are, for the moment, unlikely.—
Idrees Kahloon,
The Atlantic,
26 Feb. 2026
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Sun shrinking and getting hotter; everything bilious, oxygenless, not great for living.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 Nov. 2025
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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
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Her outlook may not change, but right now the substance of your friendship — at least from your perspective — is all negative.—
R. Eric Thomas,
Denver Post,
25 Feb. 2026
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Her outlook may not change, but right now the substance of your friendship – at least from your perspective – is all negative.—
R. Eric Thomas,
Mercury News,
25 Feb. 2026
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With two adults, three children, and one ornery cat living in the same house, keeping track of everyone’s stuff can sometimes seem overwhelming.—
Libby Monteith Minor,
Southern Living,
21 Feb. 2026
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But Duvall rose to prominence the next decade, first as the ornery Major Frank Burns in the 1970 antiwar comedy M*A*S*H, reuniting with Robert Altman, who’d previously cast him in 1967’s Countdown.—
Tim Grierson,
Rolling Stone,
16 Feb. 2026
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“Bearish.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bearish. Accessed 5 Mar. 2026.
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