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bearish

[ bair-ish ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

like a bear; rough, burly, or clumsy.
Informal. grumpy, bad-mannered, or rude.
Commerce.
1. declining or tending toward a decline in prices.
2. characterized by or reflecting unfavorable prospects for the economy or some aspect of it:
  a bearish market.

bearish

/ ˈbɛərɪʃ /

like a bear; rough; clumsy; churlish
stock exchange causing, expecting, or characterized by a fall in prices
a bearish market

Origin of bearish¹

First recorded in 1735–45; bear ² + -ish ¹

Berkeley-based economist Enrico Moretti is also bearish on the future of the region.

AIPAC, for example, has been bearish on the peace process thus far.

Right now there are similar stories doing the rounds about Metallica, who are reportedly bearish on the euro.

Those who are bullish on America and bearish on China probably have it about right.

One critic, Nouriel Roubini, the bearish New York University economist known as Dr. Doom, was in attendance Friday morning.

"A rough, bearish fellow," William called him, who had won the name of the "Bull of Valmont" by his headlong courage.

It is lucky for mamma that, in his green state, he is courtly instead of bearish.'

It is a bearish task to quarrel with that purest of all human affections—that perfecting touch to a woman's life—a mother's love.

Morello was the rough, bearish and hairy-looking monster, cruel as a fiend, and always unshaven.

That the man was a bear was a matter of course, and bears probably do not themselves know how bearish they are.

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