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📉 Expecting prices to fall 🐻 In a rough way
bearishly

bearishly

8.1
People act as if prices will fall
  • adverb
  • /ˈbɛrɪʃli/
  • Jargon
translation icon : pesimistamente
  • Investors are viewing the market trends bearishly, anticipating further declines in stock prices.

So the consumer's been OK, so if we can't talk bearishly about the consumer, maybe we have to talk bearishly about corporate debt.

Examples

  • So think about that for a moment as fears are established of banks failing and people are positioned pretty bearishly already.

  • So the consumer's been OK, so if we can't talk bearishly about the consumer, maybe we have to talk bearishly about corporate debt.

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  • She spoke bearishly about the future of the economy, predicting another recession will hit soon.

  • Analysts are advising clients to invest bearishly as global uncertainties mount in the financial markets.

Synonyms

gloomily
vsbearishly
3 4.1

In a sad way that shows no hope

is about forecasting market falls rather than emotional sadness
pessimistically
vsbearishly
1 5.4

Expecting bad results and showing little hope

is specific to expecting prices to fall in financial markets

Antonyms

bullishly
7.1

With strong belief that prices or markets will go up

How Pessimistic

bearishly
  • Jargon
8.1
cautiously
70 2.3
neutrally
2 3.6

Surface Forms

bearishly positive
bearishly comparative
bearishly superlative

Morphology

bearishly = bearish (transparent) = bear + ish + ly

Regular adverbial formation from the adjective 'bearish' (bear + -ish), so the meaning is directly derived by standard suffixation.

Etymology

The word bearishly comes from the image of a bear that pushes things down with its paws. In markets a 'bear' is someone who expects prices to fall, so to act bearishly is to expect or cause prices to drop.