'Bearish' definitions:
Definition of 'bearish'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Expecting prices to fall
Definition of 'Bearish'
From: GCIDE
- Bearish \Bear"ish\, a.
- 1. Partaking of the qualities of a bear; resembling a bear in temper or manners. --Harris. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Stock market) Fearful of or anticipating falling prices, as in the stock market; as, bearish sentiment inhibited buying. [PJC]
- 3. (Stock market) Tending to cause prices to fall. "bearish news about inflation caused a sharp drop in the Dow." [PJC]
- 4. Hence: Pessimistic. [PJC]
Synonyms of 'bearish'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abrupt,
- aggressive,
- beastly,
- bitchy,
- bluff,
- blunt,
- brash,
- brusque,
- cankered,
- cantankerous,
- cavalier,
- churlish,
- crabbed,
- cranky,
- cross,
- cross-grained,
- crotchety,
- crusty,
- curt,
- cussed,
- disagreeable,
- excitable,
- feisty,
- fractious,
- gruff,
- harsh,
- huffish,
- huffy,
- irascible,
- irritable,
- mean,
- ornery,
- perverse,
- rough,
- severe,
- sharp,
- short,
- snappish,
- snippy,
- spiteful,
- spleeny,
- splenetic,
- surly,
- testy,
- truculent,
- ugly,
- vinegarish,
- vinegary,
- waspish