different between bearish vs harsh

English

Etymology

bear +? -ish

Adjective

bearish (comparative more bearish, superlative most bearish)

1. Resembling or likened to a bear, typically in being rough, surly, or clumsy.
2. (stock market, of the price of financial instruments) Characterized by falling prices.
3. (by extension) Pessimistic about the future.

Antonyms

• (stock market): bullish

Translations

Anagrams

• Abshier, Abshire, Berisha, bareish

English

Etymology

From Middle English harsk, harisk(e), hask(e), herris. Century derived the term from Old Norse harskr (whence Danish harsk (“rancid”), dialectal Norwegian hersk, Swedish härsk); the Middle English Dictionary derives it from that and Middle Low German harsch (“rough”, literally “hairy”) (whence also German harsch), from haer (“hair”); the Oxford Dictionary of English derives it from Middle Low German alone.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /h???/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /h???/
• Rhymes: -??(?)?

Adjective

harsh (comparative harsher, superlative harshest)

1. Unpleasantly rough to the touch or other senses.
2. Severe or cruel.

Antonyms

• genteel

Translations

Verb

harsh (third-person singular simple present harshes, present participle harshing, simple past and past participle harshed)

1. (intransitive, slang) To negatively criticize.
2. (transitive, slang) to put a damper on (a mood).

Synonyms

• rough

Derived terms

• harshly
• harshness

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