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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
Both outcomes — survival and collapse — are bearish for Gulf stability over any timeframe beyond 72 hours.
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Güney Yıldız, Forbes.com, 28 Feb. 2026
This bearish play threatens the very driver that has powered broader, double-digit gains across the benchmark S&P 500 for the past two years.
—Allie Canal, NBC news, 26 Feb. 2026
More bearish analysts continue to believe Uber and peer Lyft Inc. will continue to shrink in value as Waymo and other operators expand their services to the public this year.
—Bloomberg, Oc Register, 18 Feb. 2026
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.
—Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 13 Feb. 2026
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Güney Yıldız, Forbes.com, 28 Feb. 2026
This bearish play threatens the very driver that has powered broader, double-digit gains across the benchmark S&P 500 for the past two years.
—Allie Canal, NBC news, 26 Feb. 2026
More bearish analysts continue to believe Uber and peer Lyft Inc. will continue to shrink in value as Waymo and other operators expand their services to the public this year.
—Bloomberg, Oc Register, 18 Feb. 2026
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.
—Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 13 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bearish
Adjective
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After a while, a group of hopeless employees – sent to a training program – wreaks havoc on each one of them.—
Marta Balaga,
Variety,
9 Apr. 2026
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There were definitely points on my journey where things seemed dark and sort of hopeless.—
Zulekha Nathoo,
USA Today,
30 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Perhaps through feeling more irritable, more anxious, or wanting to isolate.—
Joy Harden Bradford,
AJC.com,
2 Apr. 2026
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Had my symptoms maybe been put down to irritable bowel, for example, that could’ve been ongoing and ongoing and ongoing for a much longer period of time.—
Gina Kalsi,
PEOPLE,
2 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Like [being in] the worst possible circumstances without giving up, without becoming cynical, without putting your head in the sand.—
James Hibberd,
HollywoodReporter,
7 Apr. 2026
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There, the naïve, bright-eyed woman moves in with a cynical, down-on-his-luck actor (Tituss Burgess), and the two push each other to look at the world in new ways.—
Andrew Walsh,
Entertainment Weekly,
5 Apr. 2026
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But, Trump is not popular overall with most California voters, who are angry with him for sending federal troops and immigration officers to the state, and not sending enough federal funding to help wildfire victims in Los Angeles, said McCuan, the Sonoma State professor.—
Terry Collins,
USA Today,
10 Apr. 2026
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No angry, in-your-face, Twitter-like battles were instigated.—
Aaron Everitt,
STAT,
10 Apr. 2026
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And yet Craig is not pessimistic about the long arc.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
10 Apr. 2026
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Yet Kang is pessimistic that users will actually adopt adequate security practices given rabid AI adoption.—
Jared Perlo,
NBC news,
7 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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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
Adjective
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This may be explained by the negative connotation of technē, their word for the practice of skilled crafts and engineering.—
Kyle Chayka,
New Yorker,
8 Apr. 2026
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Some institutions may also charge administrative fees related to processing the bank levy, which can push the account into a negative balance.—
Angelica Leicht,
CBS News,
8 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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The rabbi is ornery, arrogant, sometimes cruel.—
Daniel Felsenthal,
Vulture,
26 Mar. 2026
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For ornery toddlers, who want to do everything themselves, Rao suggests giving them their own toothbrush to use while parents brush their teeth with a second one right alongside them.—
Sarah Lindenfeld Hall,
Popular Science,
11 Mar. 2026
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“Bearish.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bearish. Accessed 11 Apr. 2026.
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