1
: resembling a bear in build or in roughness, gruffness, or surliness
a bearish man
2
a
: marked by, tending to cause, or fearful of falling prices (as in a stock market)
bearish investors
b
bearishly
adverb
bearishness
noun
Examples of bearish in a Sentence
The market has been bearish lately.
some studio execs are bearish about this summer's box office
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The firm is notably bearish on Moderna, which is down 19% for the year even after seeing shares make a more than 20% recovery over the past month.
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Pia Singh, CNBC, 13 July 2025
The bearish % rose to 35.6% from the prior week’s 33.1%.
—Tom Aspray, Forbes.com, 13 July 2025
That indicates a less bearish start to the trading week compared to Friday, when futures showed steeper declines after Trump said Thursday that would start sending out letters setting tariffs as high as 70%.
—Brit Morse, Fortune, 7 July 2025
Despite the rally, the ratio of bullish versus bearish outlooks for the market remains below the historical average, Ed Yardeni, president of Yardeni Research, said in a note.
—John Towfighi, CNN Money, 26 June 2025
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Pia Singh, CNBC, 13 July 2025
The bearish % rose to 35.6% from the prior week’s 33.1%.
—Tom Aspray, Forbes.com, 13 July 2025
That indicates a less bearish start to the trading week compared to Friday, when futures showed steeper declines after Trump said Thursday that would start sending out letters setting tariffs as high as 70%.
—Brit Morse, Fortune, 7 July 2025
Despite the rally, the ratio of bullish versus bearish outlooks for the market remains below the historical average, Ed Yardeni, president of Yardeni Research, said in a note.
—John Towfighi, CNN Money, 26 June 2025
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“Bearish.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bearish. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.
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