BEARISH Synonyms: 144 Similar and Opposite Words

bearish

adjective

ˈber-ish

Definition of bearish

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 In a world where that happens, the huge number of bearish stocks would flip instantly. — Jim Cramer, CNBC, 4 Oct. 2026 Dealers Sound a Bullish Note Dealers surveyed by ARTnews sounded more bullish than bearish. — Brian Boucher, ARTnews.com, 17 Sep. 2026 But Wall Street, which has spent most of the Iran war feeling decidedly bearish about oil prices, is clearly getting anxious about the latest round of mutual tanker attacks. — Tim McDonnell, semafor.com, 10 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for bearish

Recent Examples of Synonyms for bearish

Adjective

Johnston, who made his breakout performance as the toxically hopeless romantic Bear in Curry Barker’s Obsession, has most recently been in talks to join Brendan Fraser and Rachel Weisz in the upcoming fourth installment of The Mummy.

— Glenn Garner, Deadline, 7 Oct. 2026
For all the apocalyptic overtones in the film, Gibney doesn’t want audiences to come away feeling hopeless.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of hopeless

Adjective

Coach There’s no better feeling than walking into your last show of the day, irritable and hungry, only to discover that snacks are being served.

— Anna Grace Lee, Vogue, 17 Sep. 2026
If a relative or housemate seems irritable, ask what’s going on instead of working around the mood.

— Tarot.com, Chicago Tribune, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of irritable

Adjective

Swarup’s book exposes the cynical nature of the quiz show, dangling a literal lifeline to desperate people for the sake of entertainment.

— L.M. Chilton, PEOPLE, 26 Sep. 2026
Myriad people inside Warner Bros are cynical about the capping of severances and the fact that only a few at the top are bound for a post-merger windfall.

— Anthony D'Alessandro, Deadline, 23 Sep. 2026

Definition of cynical

Adjective

To argue that calling them immigrants is technically wrong is like getting angry at people who don’t pronounce Los Feliz the Spanish way.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 7 Oct. 2026
Sheriff Rick Ramsay said Monday that the father later told detectives that Lopez was angry that prosecutors didn’t offer him any plea deals, so his son planned to leave the country rather than face conviction.

— David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of angry

Adjective

In IconArrows pointing outwards While Berkshire is making a bet that Lennar will benefit from a long-term recovery in the nation's troubled housing market, Morgan Stanley is pessimistic about the stock's more immediate future.

— Alex Crippen, CNBC, 3 Oct. 2026
Despite Senate Majority Leader John Thune's two-day campaign and fundraising trip to Georgia this month, some local party leaders were publicly pessimistic.

— ABC News, ABC News, 29 Sep. 2026

Definition of pessimistic

Adjective

Ready to Wear, the bilious bomb of a film in which Robert Altman took aim at the fashion industry with an elephant gun—and missed.

— Charles Gandee, Vogue, 27 Sep. 2026
Look the steady coarsening of American civic and political culture and the ways in which the once-outrageous—the bilious, hateful rhetoric and the creeping authoritarianism—have become almost ordinary.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 July 2026

Definition of bilious

Adjective

Multifamily apartment REITs are still in negative territory, as the sector continues to work through a period of oversupply and weaker rents.

— Diana Olick, CNBC, 8 Oct. 2026
Ultimately, the result is a negative impact on a learning experience that students will be paying for into their 60s.

— Reynald Fasciaux, Fortune, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of negative

Adjective

But however janky, the system just about works for the ornery menfolk muddling their way through it, with their many beefs mostly resolved with a bottle of lethally alcoholic local tipple chacha, or a punch to the face, or both.

— Jessica Kiang, Variety, 16 Sep. 2026
The new movie follows a benevolent ex-pilot named Hig (Jacob Elordi) who, after losing his wife during a catastrophic global pandemic, lives out in the wilderness with his dog, Jasper, and ornery isolationist pal Bangley (Josh Brolin).

— Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 27 Aug. 2026