bearish

(redirected from bearishly)
Also found in: Thesaurus, Financial.

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.

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

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.

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Switch to new thesaurus

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

Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

Translations

bearish

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

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

bearish

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

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

Mentioned in ?

References in classic literature ?

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.

View in context

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

View in context

According to the Kuwait News Agency, KUNA, Brent crude contracts ended the trading session bearishly, hiking 81 cents and settling at $59.51 per barrel.

Kuwait oil barrel stands at US$59.44 pb

Brent crude contracts ended the trading session bearishly, dropping by 58 cents and settling at USD 59.34 per barrel.

Kuwait oil barrel at USD 60.76

Comments from Fed dove Bullard favoring a 25 bp easing on the 31st are a reiteration of his stance, but nevertheless are impacting bearishly as they confirm the NY Fed's unusual intervention to clarify the outlook.

Treasury Action: a bearish tone prevails in Treasuries

Oil price rise revives North Sea projects Faisal Mrza March 09, 2019 22:46 The decision by Norway's sovereign wealth fund to divest from the oil sector has been viewed bearishly, but the long-term outlook is less clear.

Oil price rise revives North Sea projects

The moving average convergence-divergence momentum indicator has declined bearishly below the signal line and zero.

Things are looking up for the Philippine peso

Berskwell and Balsall would have been bearishly refreshing the RFU home page to learn if relegation rivals Nuneaton Old Edwardians had avoided defeat against Barkers Butts.

Earlsdon, Kenilworth, Berkswell and Balsall and Nuneaton Old Eds battle it out in Midlands 2 West South; Relegation and promotion battles to go down to the wire

Bearishly blunt as ever, he is, above all, concerned with investors emerging from the Rabbit Hole intact.

Bob Rodriguez Disses Trump's Tax Cuts, Sees CyDark Times' Ahead

Technically: The USDJPY pair bounced bearishly after approaching from 118.00 barrier, to move below the MA50 and settles below it, providing positive motive that we are waiting to assist to push the price to resume its main bullish trend again, Therefore, we keep our bullish overview for the upcoming sessions unless we witnessed clear break to 116.55 level and holding below it, noting that the waited targets begin by breaching 118.50 to open the way to head towards 120.00 as a next main target.

WEEKLY OVERVIEW OF FOREX, GOLD AND OIL

The USD is expected to behave bearishly in this scenario, especially because Federal Reserve Chairman Bernanke has continuously stated that he wants to see the unemployment rate drop below 7% before he will consider tapering the $85 billion asset purchasing program.

Market anticipates volatility in the wake of important US unemployment data

Sixty-five years old, blue-eyed, bearishly bearded, and so obviously, in photographs and in person, at ease.