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 However, options traders remain bearish, reflected in a high put/call ratio, creating a complex outlook for MRNA. — Schaeffer's Investment Research, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2026 This week, gold defied the bearish case to consolidate above the important $4,000 per ounce level. — Sean Conlon,hugh Leask,justina Lee,sarah Min, CNBC, 6 Aug. 2026 The surge in short interest coincides with a decidedly bearish sentiment creeping into what had been a relentlessly bullish AI trade. — Allison Morrow, CNN Money, 23 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for bearish

Recent Examples of Synonyms for bearish

Adjective

Yet their portrait of the artist as a hopeless snot-nosed punk doesn’t seem interested in knowing who this guy was past being another dude in search of a purpose.

— David Fear, Rolling Stone, 5 Aug. 2026
Echoing her sentiments, Shaharier remembered feeling hopeless when his baby boy was born so early.

— Kayla Grant, PEOPLE, 29 July 2026

Definition of hopeless

Adjective

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
Just as Depp made to exit the stage, a haunting voice came over the speaker, eerily repeating the irritable man’s name.

— Angelique Jackson, Variety, 23 July 2026

Definition of irritable

Adjective

The six most pessimistic fan bases in the Power 4 last August went on to cheer for teams that finished with losing records.

— The Athletic College Football Staff, New York Times, 4 Aug. 2026
The findings reflect a deeply pessimistic economic mood as the country heads to the November midterm elections.

— Emily Guskin, ABC News, 29 July 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

That left the debtor having to prove the negative that the debtor really didn't have any way to re-establish control over trust assets, and such was (and still is) a very tough sell.

— Jay Adkisson, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026
There is some debate in our field about, again, these higher-level components of pain, the emotional negative valence that’s associated with pain.

— Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 6 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