ˈberish, ˈba(a)rish, -rēsh adjective
1. : felt to resemble a bear in roughness, gruffness, irascibility, or surliness
disappointed and bearish this morning
2.
a. : marked by or tending to a decline in stock prices : declining
present trends are bearish
a bearish effect on the market
b. : expecting a decline : investing on the notion that prices will fall : dubious or pessimistic about developments
a bearish stock-market operator
bearish about the new issues of the company
• bear·ish·ly adverb