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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
As is, the reasons to be bearish on Verlander could be a lot scarier.
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Grant Brisbee, The Athletic, 9 Jan. 2025
As the current trading year nears its end, crude oil markets are heading to 2025 in a largely bearish mood on familiar concerns of oversupply, lackluster demand from China and a stronger dollar.
—Gaurav Sharma, Forbes, 22 Dec. 2024
This bearish trend is likely to persist through the holiday season as market activity slows.
—Vinamrata Chaturvedi, Quartz, 23 Dec. 2024
During the dot-com boom, many bearish voices on Wall Street fell silent, and some left their jobs, as their firms sought to profit from the boom by promoting or investing in Internet and tech stocks.
—John Cassidy, The New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2024
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Grant Brisbee, The Athletic, 9 Jan. 2025
As the current trading year nears its end, crude oil markets are heading to 2025 in a largely bearish mood on familiar concerns of oversupply, lackluster demand from China and a stronger dollar.
—Gaurav Sharma, Forbes, 22 Dec. 2024
This bearish trend is likely to persist through the holiday season as market activity slows.
—Vinamrata Chaturvedi, Quartz, 23 Dec. 2024
During the dot-com boom, many bearish voices on Wall Street fell silent, and some left their jobs, as their firms sought to profit from the boom by promoting or investing in Internet and tech stocks.
—John Cassidy, The New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bearish
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The battle between parents and tech-savvy children over access to the Internet and apps might seem hopeless.—
Daniel de Visé,
USA TODAY,
26 Dec. 2024
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Burns is asked how to avoid feeling hopeless during a stretch like this.—
Dan Duggan,
The Athletic,
16 Dec. 2024
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Coupled with erratic blood sugar levels – often caused by diets high in refined sugars and low in nutrients – these energy dips and spikes can leave you feeling irritable and drained.—
Lina Begdache,
The Conversation,
7 Jan. 2025
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This can contribute to symptoms such as fatigue, muscle aches, and irritable mood.—
Rosanna Sutherby, PharmD,
Verywell Health,
3 Jan. 2025
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Coming-of-age teen comedies were never quite as wonderfully cynical before this movie about four teenage girls whose lives are upended by the arrival of a new kid, played by Christian Slater.—
Brian Tallerico,
Vulture,
8 Jan. 2025
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Without any real prospect of serious concessions from Western states, the Taliban became cynical about ever gaining legitimacy on the world stage.—
Delaney Simon,
Foreign Affairs,
2 Jan. 2025
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Waves of immigration have sparked an angry ethno-nationalism that advantages ideological extremes.—
Charles A. Kupchan,
The Atlantic,
10 Jan. 2025
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Many people were really unhappy, depressed and angry, frustrated.—
Gabrielle Emanuel,
NPR,
9 Jan. 2025
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China remains the second biggest market outside of North America, and there were two Hollywood titles in the Top 10 in 2024 — Godzilla x Kong and Alien: Romulus (contrary to 2023 which had none) — but folks are pessimistic that Hollywood will ever return to the heyday of 2012-2019 there.—
Nancy Tartaglione,
Deadline,
15 Jan. 2025
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Then there are the rankings that were right by being pessimistic, which isn’t as fun, but just as important.—
Eno Sarris,
The Athletic,
30 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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Everyone within her radius bears the germophobe’s wrath, with the only one who can occasionally pierce through her bilious anger being her upbeat hair-stylist sister Chantal (Michelle Austin), a mother of two vibrant daughters.—
Randy Myers,
The Mercury News,
10 Jan. 2025
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The piece ran under an illustration of a black spatula dripping sinister goblets of melting plastic, against a background of bilious green.—
Michael Hiltzik,
Los Angeles Times,
24 Dec. 2024
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During his first term, the former president attacked Bezos over negative coverage in the Washington Post, which Bezos owns.—
Jeremy Bogaisky,
Forbes,
11 Jan. 2025
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While Bass claims that no budget cuts impacted the firefighting efforts, LAFD Chief Kristin Crowley directly contradicted this, stating that the cuts had a negative impact on the firefight.—
James Powel,
USA TODAY,
11 Jan. 2025
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The offensive line, in Monken’s estimation, is the most talented and possibly most ornery unit he’s had at West Point, all the way down to wrestling each other to settle arguments about who’s tougher.—
Brian Hamilton,
The Athletic,
21 Nov. 2024
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They’re led by John Dutton III, an ornery character who nevertheless carries the kind of gravitas that only a veteran movie star like Kevin Costner can bring.—
Noel Murray,
Vulture,
18 Nov. 2024
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“Bearish.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bearish. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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