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bear·ish

(bâr′ĭsh)

adj.

1. Resembling or similar to a bear in appearance or manner.

2. Causing, expecting, or characterized by falling prices or declining economic conditions.

bear′ish·ly adv.

bear′ish·ness n.

bearish

(ˈbɛərɪʃ)

adj

1. like a bear; rough; clumsy; churlish

2. (Stock Exchange) stock exchange causing, expecting, or characterized by a fall in prices: a bearish market.

ˈbearishly adv

ˈbearishness n

bear•ish

(ˈbɛər ɪʃ)

adj.

1. like a bear; rough, burly, or clumsy.

2. grumpy or rude.

a. (of a market) declining or tending toward a decline in prices.

b. pessimistic, esp. about general business conditions.

[1735–45]

bear′ish•ly, adv.

bear′ish•ness, n.

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Adj.

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, weakening, dwindling the market's recent bearish trend

Translations

bearish

[ˈbɛərɪʃ] ADJ [person, attitude] → pesimista; [market] → (de tendencia) bajista

bearish

adj (St Ex) → zur Baisse neigend attr; to be bearish on something → bei etw auf Baisse spekulieren

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Heathcliff; his thick brown curls were rough and uncultivated, his whiskers encroached bearishly over his cheeks, and his hands were embrowned like those of a common labourer: still his bearing was free, almost haughty, and he showed none of a domestic's assiduity in attending on the lady of the house.

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I am not making a face," growled the annoyed Ossipon bearishly.

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