Synonyms for bearish
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : bair-ish |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈbɛər ɪʃ |
Top 10 synonyms for bearish Other synonyms for the word bearish
- abrupt
- ample
- angry
- animal
- argumentative
- awkward
- bad-humored
- bad-mannered
- bad-tempered
- barbaric
- barefaced
- bearish
- beastly
- bemoaning
- bestial
- big
- bluff
- blunt
- blustering
- boisterous
- boorish
- breviloquent
- brief
- bristly
- brooding
- brusque
- brute
- brutish
- bungling
- butterball
- buxom
- candid
- captious
- carnal
- carping
- censorious
- choleric
- churlish
- cloddish
- clodhopping
- clownish
- clumsy
- coarse
- complaining
- contrary
- countrified
- crabbed
- crabby
- crass
- critical
- cross
- cross-grained
- crotchety
- crude
- crusty
- crying
- curmudgeonly
- curt
- cussed
- dark
- dense
- deploring
- difficult
- direct
- disagreeable
- discontented
- discourteous
- disputatious
- dissatisfied
- doltish
- downright
- drastic
- dyspeptic
- easily offended
- eccentric
- edgy
- extreme
- fastidious
- fatty
- fault-finding
- feral
- ferine
- fierce
- fiery
- finicky
- flabby
- fleshy
- forthright
- fractious
- frank
- fretful
- fretting
- full-figured
- fussy
- gloomy
- got up on wrong side of bed
- grim
- gross
- grouchy
- grousing
- gruff
- grumbling
- grumbly
- grumpy
- hairy
- hard
- hard to please
- harsh
- hasty
- hearty
- hefty
- honest
- hot
- hot-tempered
- huffy
- huffy irascible
- husky
- hypercritical
- ill-bred
- ill-humored
- ill-mannered
- ill-natured
- impolite
- improper
- inconsiderate
- indecorous
- indelicate
- inelegant
- inhuman
- inhumane
- intractable
- inurbane
- irascible
- ireful
- irritable
- laconic
- lamenting
- like a bear
- loud
- loutish
- lowbred
- mean
- moody
- morose
- nasty
- no-nonsense
- oafish
- obstinate
- obstreperous
- odd
- offhand
- ogre
- open
- ornery
- out of humor
- out of sorts
- out of sorts peevish
- out-of-line
- out-of-order
- outspoken
- oversensitive
- passionate
- peevish
- perverse
- petulant
- picky
- plain-spoken
- plaintive
- pleasingly plump
- plump
- plumpish
- podgy
- portly
- prickly
- provincial
- pudgy
- quarrelsome
- queer
- querulous
- quick-tempered
- ratty
- raw
- refractory
- resentful
- rigid
- roly-poly
- rotund
- rough
- round
- rowdy
- rude
- rustic
- saturnine
- savage
- scrappy
- sensitive
- severe
- sharp
- short
- short-spoken
- short-tempered
- sincere
- snappish
- snappy
- snarling
- snippety
- snippy
- sour
- spiteful
- stout
- straightforward
- stuffy
- sullen
- surly
- swinish
- tactless
- tart
- tasteless
- tense
- terse
- testy
- tetchy
- thin-skinned
- thin-skinned touchy
- tiresome
- touchy
- tough
- troublesome
- truculent
- trying
- tubby
- ugly
- unaccommodating
- unamenable
- unceremonious
- uncivil
- uncivilized
- uncouth
- uncultivated
- uncultured
- uneducated
- unfeeling
- ungracious
- unjust
- unmannerly
- unpleasant
- unpoised
- unpolished
- unrefined
- untutored
- unusual
- uptight
- vicious
- vinegarish
- vinegary
- violent
- vulgar
- wailing
- waspish
- waspy
- whimpering
- whining
- whiny
- zaftig
Définition of bearish
Origin :- "grumpy, surly," 1744, from bear (n.) + -ish. Related: Bearishly; bearishness.
- As in irascible : adj crabby
- As in irritable : adj bad-tempered, crabby
- As in loutish : adj boorish
- As in querulous : adj grouchy, hard to please
- As in rough : adj rude, impolite
- As in bluff : adj abrupt
- As in boorish : adj crude, awkward
- As in brutal : adj crude, rough
- As in cantankerous : adj difficult, crabby
- As in chubby : adj slightly fat
- As in cranky : adj in bad mood
- As in crotchety : adj irritable, often due to old age
- As in difficult : adj unmanageable socially
- As in gruff : adj bad-tempered, rude
- As in ill-tempered : adj irritable
- I am not naturally unsociable, or bearish, or a surly misogynist.
- Extract from : « The Dop Doctor » by Clotilde Inez Mary Graves
- It is lucky for mamma that, in his green state, he is courtly instead of bearish.'
- Extract from : « The Heir of Redclyffe » by Charlotte M. Yonge
- If I am bearish, I think the best thing you can do is to get out of my way at once.
- Extract from : « Flora Adair, Vol. 1 (of 2) » by A. M. Donelan
- But of all the ill-tempered, bearish, detestable men I ever met in my life, he is the worst.
- Extract from : « Rossmoyne » by Unknown
- Then, with an arm across Rodney's shoulders, he gave him a bearish hug.
- Extract from : « The Girl in the Mirror » by Elizabeth Garver Jordan
- A charming fellow with undoubted talent, but so bearish about his music.
- Extract from : « The Way of Ambition » by Robert Hichens
- His loving, bearish onslaught and his words quite silenced Carley.
- Extract from : « The Call of the Canyon » by Zane Grey
- That Abernethy is odd all the world knows, but his oddity is far more amusing than repulsive, far more playful than bearish.
- Extract from : « The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction » by Various
- Its splendid to see you again, Jerry, caroled Marjorie, hugging her friend with bearish enthusiasm.
- Extract from : « Marjorie Dean, High School Junior » by Pauline Lester
- He saluted the lady, who gave him a pleasanter reception than her bearish husband had accorded to him.
- Extract from : « The Yacht Club » by Oliver Optic
Antonyms for bearish
- accurate
- agreeable
- amiable
- calm
- charming
- cheerful
- clean
- complete
- cool
- courteous
- cultured
- definite
- delicate
- devious
- dishonest
- easy
- easy-going
- even
- even-tempered
- exciting
- facile
- free
- friendly
- generous
- gentle
- good
- good-natured
- great
- happy
- humane
- kind
- lean
- lengthy
- level
- long
- manageable
- mannerly
- merciful
- mild
- moderate
- moral
- nice
- peaceful
- plain
- pleasant
- pleasing
- polished
- polite
- precise
- refined
- regular
- simple
- skinny
- slim
- smooth
- sociable
- soft
- sophisticated
- straightforward
- sweet
- sympathetic
- tactful
- temperate
- thin
- uncomplicated
- wonderful
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