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bear·ish  audio  (bârsh) KEY 

ADJECTIVE:
  1. Clumsy, boorish, and surly.
    1. Causing, expecting, or characterized by falling stock-market prices.
    2. Pessimistic: "Whether or not the [Coast Guard] cutter's presence made bearish the prospects of illicit trade in the outlying islands, there was a prompt mass migration of their inhabitants to the mainland" (Springfield MA Sunday Republican).


OTHER FORMS:
bearish·ly(Adverb), bearish·ness(Noun)


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