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Recent Examples of bearish These names also have elevated short interest from hedge funds' bearish bets. Yun Li, CNBC, 11 Sep. 2025 Some may recall the stock market’s performance in September 2024 when many were too bearish early in the month and paid the price as the S&P 500 was up 2%. Tom Aspray, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025 Republicans were increasingly bearish on Ernst running again in recent months, though the White House attempted to persuade her to seek reelection given her strong track record in general elections. Burgess Everett, semafor.com, 29 Aug. 2025 Shares of Palantir Technologies, the data-analytics firm widely viewed as an AI bellwether, plunged more than 9%, its worst tumble since March, after prominent short-seller Andrew Left of Citron Research renewed his bearish stance. Dave Smith, Fortune, 20 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for bearish
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bearish
Adjective
  • Nearly half of them reported feeling down, depressed or hopeless and experiencing sleep disturbances.
    Alexis Kayser, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Sep. 2025
  • The movie stars Michael Johnston and Inde Navarrette in a story about a hopeless romantic who makes a wish that his long-time crush falls in love with him.
    Anthony D'Alessandro, Deadline, 7 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • He was adopted two weeks later, but after 18 months in his home, Scoob developed a painful skin condition that caused his ears to bleed and left him extremely irritable.
    Lydia Patrick, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Instead, Helen is allowed to be irritable and anti-social, chain-smoking and snappish, without the filmmaker casting judgment.
    Peter Debruge, Variety, 2 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Nicole Kidman adds just the right amount of menace as a villainous taxidermist, but the heart of the movie lies in its celebration of kindness, decency and family—values that feel refreshingly radical in our cynical times.
    Travis Bean, Forbes.com, 6 Sep. 2025
  • And there is often an expectation of escapism in romance that precludes dealing realistically with money — or, for big media blockbusters, a cynical assumption that audiences won't enjoy a romcom which also takes the logistics of life seriously.
    Chelsea Fagan, PEOPLE, 6 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • But Newsom seems to have found his footing nationally by catering to angry anti-Trump Democrats, his conciliatory remarks in the aftermath of Kirk’s shooting notwithstanding.
    W. James Antle III, The Washington Examiner, 12 Sep. 2025
  • For example, long wait times, high prices and confusing models have left people angry with the car sales industry.
    Brandon Aversano, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Losing confidence in landing a job Americans are increasingly pessimistic about their prospects of getting a new job.
    Matt Egan, CNN Money, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Initial assumptions reacting to the April surge in volatility in the financial markets were broadly pessimistic.
    George Calhoun, Forbes.com, 7 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • 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
  • 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
  • There is also, generally speaking, universal admission that boy, this game sure runs terribly on PC, leading to a huge number of negative Steam reviews, causing the game to be Mixed there.
    Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 13 Sep. 2025
  • Then, there’s the power to see through all of that, through what could be perceived as pain or a negative situation, and see the colorfulness of my culture, the warmth of my culture, and the community, as well.
    Lisa Deaderick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • That ornery cleric was Moqtada al-Sadr, the son of Mohammad Sadiq al-Sadr, a grand ayatollah assassinated almost certainly by Saddam’s order in 1999.
    Graeme Wood, The Atlantic, 2 Sep. 2025
  • Their aggressive, ornery, and unpredictable nature has earned them the nickname Black Death.
    Kris Millgate, Outdoor Life, 7 Aug. 2025

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“Bearish.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bearish. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.

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