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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
That’s because few, if any, are willing to stand behind a bearish bet that could get blown up by another US signal of support.
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Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 25 Sep. 2025
The first-level fear is that pressure on drug prices is bearish for healthcare.
—Brett Owens, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
At the annual confab of oil traders in Singapore, the mood was overwhelmingly bearish.
—Amena Bakr, semafor.com, 17 Sep. 2025
On Tuesday, a trader paid around $9.3 million for bearish options on the SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust, a position that pays out if the S&P falls 3.6% by Sept. 19.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 11 Sep. 2025
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Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 25 Sep. 2025
The first-level fear is that pressure on drug prices is bearish for healthcare.
—Brett Owens, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
At the annual confab of oil traders in Singapore, the mood was overwhelmingly bearish.
—Amena Bakr, semafor.com, 17 Sep. 2025
On Tuesday, a trader paid around $9.3 million for bearish options on the SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust, a position that pays out if the S&P falls 3.6% by Sept. 19.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 11 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bearish
Adjective
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Gein’s sickness is singular and curable, but ours, as a society, is out of control and hopeless?—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
4 Oct. 2025
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The bubble-ists think that the Coreweave people are hopeless dreamers at best and shysters at worst.—
Jim Cramer,
CNBC,
28 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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However, such symptoms are hard to attribute to vaccines because infants can be irritable or fussy regardless of vaccination.—
Aria Bendix,
NBC news,
19 Sep. 2025
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When the caffeine wears off, children may have a headache and feel irritable or tired.—
Dr. Mark Corkins,
Boston Herald,
14 Sep. 2025
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As my colleague Charlie Warzel wrote in March, on X, the White House is now a troll account, borrowing its snide visual language and tone from some of the internet’s most cynical spaces and deploying this style to mock and dehumanize people.—
Kaitlyn Tiffany,
The Atlantic,
9 Oct. 2025
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The whole discourse was so cynical.—
Isaac Chotiner,
New Yorker,
9 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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The angry mob looted the homes of customs agents, harassed those agents’ families, and even burned a small pleasure boat belonging to one unfortunate tax collector on the Common.—
Time,
Time,
9 Oct. 2025
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The way the story goes, Floyd made Captain Ben Winters angry.—
Kaycee Sloan,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
9 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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The discovery report recorded that the top drawer of the desk contains the provisioner’s ledger and the captain’s expedition journal, but the Danish team who found the ship were pessimistic about the likelihood of the books surviving the tow.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 Oct. 2025
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The Wine Country actress, who performed on SNL for seven seasons from 1999 to 2006, recalled the origins of her profusely pessimistic character during an interview with her former castmate Amy Poehler on Good Hang.—
Wesley Stenzel,
Entertainment Weekly,
10 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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That continues when the matriarch finally passes away 20 years later, leaving equally bilious offspring Laras (Dinda Kanyadewi) in charge.—
Dennis Harvey,
Variety,
6 Aug. 2025
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Even though his bloodwork looked normal six months previously, sudden onset or acute renal failure can happen in an old dog for no apparent reason other than age and result in bilious vomiting.—
Dr. John De Jong,
Boston Herald,
8 June 2025
Adjective
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In the aftermath of Kirk's death, waves of firings and suspensions have occurred across the country in connection to individuals’ social media posts about Kirk, as conservative politicians and influencers push for a crackdown on negative posts about the political podcaster.—
Craig Shoup,
Nashville Tennessean,
11 Oct. 2025
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However, Belichick’s NFL past continues to hover around this situation, from questions about his legacy to regular flare-ups involving the Patriots to suspicions within UNC’s program that some of the negative headlines have origins in New England.—
Dianna Russini,
New York Times,
11 Oct. 2025
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At 0-2, the Chiefs may be a little more ornery than usual.—
Andrew Greif,
NBC news,
22 Sep. 2025
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The goal is to capitalize on the holidays when kids will be out of school and eager to see some ornery avians.—
Brent Lang,
Variety,
18 Sep. 2025
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“Bearish.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bearish. Accessed 15 Oct. 2025.
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