Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bearish

/bˈɛɹɪʃ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.83 in modern English

Syllables: bear-ish
IPA: /bˈɛɹɪʃ/

12

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Resembling or likened to a bear, typically in being rough, surly, or clumsy.

adj

Characterized by or expecting falling prices.

adj

Pessimistic about the future.

Example Sentences

"At the start of the year, Bridgewater turned bearish on U.S. bonds and built up a short position."
"The Germans were downcast because of Eastern Europe and Helmut Schmidt's decline, the Arabs were depressed because of oil and Iraq, the French were bearish because of their government; only the British seemed a little upbeat, but that was before the Falkland Islands incident."

Etymology

Etymology tree English bear Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Germanic *-iskaz Proto-West Germanic *-isk Old English -isċ Middle English -isch English -ish English bearish From bear + -ish.

Inflected Forms

more bearish (comparative) most bearish (superlative)

Derived Forms

bearishly bearishness unbearish

Homonyms

barish buresh

Antonyms

bullish

Rhymes With

cherish perish parrish garish barish farish gerrish marish buresh

Questions

How do you pronounce bearish?: The recorded pronunciation is /bˈɛɹɪʃ/.
What does bearish mean?: Resembling or likened to a bear, typically in being rough, surly, or clumsy.
Where does bearish come from?: Etymology tree English bear Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Germanic *-iskaz Proto-West Germanic *-isk Old English -isċ Middle English -isch English -ish English bearish From bear + -ish.

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