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bearish

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bear·ish  (bârsh)
adj.
1. Clumsy, boorish, and surly.
2.
a. Causing, expecting, or characterized by falling stock-market prices.
b. Pessimistic: "Whether or not the [Coast Guard] cutter's presence made bearish the prospects of illicit trade in the outlying islands, there was a prompt mass migration of their inhabitants to the mainland" (Springfield MA Sunday Republican).
bearish·ly adv.
bearish·ness n.
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Adj.1.bearish - expecting prices to fall
securities market, stock exchange, stock market - an exchange where security trading is conducted by professional stockbrokers
pessimistic - expecting the worst possible outcome
bearish
adjective Stock Exchange falling, declining, slumping


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