bearish
Americanadjective
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like a bear; rough, burly, or clumsy.
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Informal. grumpy, bad-mannered, or rude.
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Commerce.
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declining or tending toward a decline in prices.
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characterized by or reflecting unfavorable prospects for the economy or some aspect of it.
a bearish market.
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adjective
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like a bear; rough; clumsy; churlish
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stock exchange causing, expecting, or characterized by a fall in prices
a bearish market
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On the upside, a peak was signaled by a bearish dark cloud cover, which also coincided with the development of a rising wedge beginning in February 2025.
From Barron's • Jun. 13, 2026
Last week also produced a bearish shooting star on the weekly chart, at all-time highs, reinforcing the idea that upside momentum may be stalling.
From Barron's • Jun. 11, 2026
“Where the pattern remains to the bearish side is June 15-19 as weather systems track across the northern and central and eastern U.S. with highs of 60s-70s for light national demand.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026
Read: Micron, Intel drag the tech sector into a new bearish phase.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 11, 2026
So that now, as I quickly try to sketch my early years, what comes back most clearly is just that: the brown orb of my father’s sleepy, bearish eye.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
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