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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
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.
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Jordan Erb, Bloomberg, 27 Jan. 2026
Kevin Baskins As President Donald Trump chatted at the Machine Shed, U.S. Department of Agriculture Under Secretary Luke Lindberg met with Iowa ag leaders, delivering a bullish message at a time of bearish numbers.
—Stephen Gruber-Miller, Des Moines Register, 27 Jan. 2026
If there was ever any doubt that Down and Kay were bearish on the combination, it was dispelled within the opening scenes of the premiere, which paired characters played by two famous former child actors—Kiernan Shipka, a.k.a.
—Judy Berman, Time, 19 Jan. 2026
Harper, meanwhile, agreed to become the Gen Z successor to a shadowy old money head of a bearish investment fund.
—Alex Ritman, Variety, 5 Jan. 2026
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Jordan Erb, Bloomberg, 27 Jan. 2026
Kevin Baskins As President Donald Trump chatted at the Machine Shed, U.S. Department of Agriculture Under Secretary Luke Lindberg met with Iowa ag leaders, delivering a bullish message at a time of bearish numbers.
—Stephen Gruber-Miller, Des Moines Register, 27 Jan. 2026
If there was ever any doubt that Down and Kay were bearish on the combination, it was dispelled within the opening scenes of the premiere, which paired characters played by two famous former child actors—Kiernan Shipka, a.k.a.
—Judy Berman, Time, 19 Jan. 2026
Harper, meanwhile, agreed to become the Gen Z successor to a shadowy old money head of a bearish investment fund.
—Alex Ritman, Variety, 5 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bearish
Adjective
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Near the end of the movie, there’s a heavy sense of dread—everyone feels hopeless, and exhausted.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
29 Jan. 2026
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Here is the regular guy who loves shooting hoops, who is hopeless with a hammer, who loves a self-deprecating story about walking into a glass wall or almost falling off a ladder, and whose wife, Lori, is always, always right.—
Gal Beckerman,
The Atlantic,
27 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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On the contrary, Juventus’ football soothed even the most irritable sections of the crowd.—
James Horncastle,
New York Times,
26 Jan. 2026
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This can include feeling irritable, having a low frustration tolerance, feeling easily overstimulated, and having rapid shifts in emotion.—
Korin Miller,
SELF,
20 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Overall, the county’s business community is feeling cynical about the state of the economy, with two-thirds of merchants reporting a negative future outlook, the study’s authors said.—
Claire Wang,
Oc Register,
23 Jan. 2026
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The interior dining room, divided into two levels and connected by a slowly sloping ramp, could at first cynical glance register as backdrop.—
Bill Addison,
Los Angeles Times,
22 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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These agents are recruited from among angry white males enticed by a signup bonus of $50,000.—
Voice of the People,
New York Daily News,
30 Jan. 2026
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The video is just as angry as the song’s lyrics and delivery, cutting disturbing (but not graphic) footage from ICE’s clashes with demonstrators in the city with Springsteen performing the song in his home studio.—
Jem Aswad,
Variety,
29 Jan. 2026
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Underlying this low score is a sharp pessimistic turn regarding short-term progress.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
29 Jan. 2026
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That, combined with the government’s own sluggish labor market data, has left Americans increasingly pessimistic about the economy.—
Matt Ott,
Los Angeles Times,
29 Jan. 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
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And one of the main lessons that will be learned from that account is that while the harms that occurred came quickly and sometimes surprisingly easily, their negative consequences — on universities and society at large — will linger for a long time.—
Michael T. Nietzel,
Forbes.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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The rapid rise of AI technology has had negative effects on the climate and humanity, albeit indirectly.—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
28 Jan. 2026
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Sometimes he’d be sent out to deal with the more ornery guests in an effort to calm them.—
Stephanie Breijo,
Los Angeles Times,
14 Jan. 2026
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With its abundance of concrete, startling interior views, and play of deep shadows, the design invokes the ornery inventiveness of Kahn and Paul Rudolph, combined with the corporate sleekness of MoMA’s most recent iterations by Yoshio Taniguchi and Diller Scofidio + Renfro.—
Justin Davidson,
Curbed,
3 Nov. 2025
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“Bearish.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bearish. Accessed 1 Feb. 2026.
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