All bearish synonyms
bearΒ·ish
B b adj bearish
- bad-tempered β Someone who is bad-tempered is not very cheerful and gets angry easily.
- tasteless β having no taste or flavor; insipid.
- vulgar β characterized by ignorance of or lack of good breeding or taste: vulgar ostentation.
- churlish β Someone who is churlish is unfriendly, bad-tempered, or impolite.
- impolite β not polite or courteous; discourteous; rude: an impolite reply.
- ugly β very unattractive or unpleasant to look at; offensive to the sense of beauty; displeasing in appearance.
- barbaric β If you describe someone's behaviour as barbaric, you strongly disapprove of it because you think that it is extremely cruel or uncivilized.
- uncivilized β not civilized or cultured; barbarous.
- coarse β Coarse things have a rough texture because they consist of thick threads or large pieces.
- savage β fierce, ferocious, or cruel; untamed: savage beasts.
- inhuman β lacking qualities of sympathy, pity, warmth, compassion, or the like; cruel; brutal: an inhuman master.
- inhumane β not humane; lacking humanity, kindness, compassion, etc.
- dour β sullen; gloomy: The captain's dour look depressed us all.
- grouchy β sullenly discontented; sulky; morose; ill-tempered.
- testy β irritably impatient; touchy.
- quarrelsome β inclined to quarrel; argumentative; contentious.
- cranky β If you describe ideas or ways of behaving as cranky, you disapprove of them because you think they are strange.
- prickly β full of or armed with prickles.
- grumpy β surly or ill-tempered; discontentedly or sullenly irritable; grouchy.
- irascible β easily provoked to anger; very irritable: an irascible old man.
- portly β rather heavy or fat; stout; corpulent.
- flabby β hanging loosely or limply, as flesh or muscles; flaccid.
- chunky β A chunky person is broad and heavy.
- pudgy β short and fat or thick: an infant's pudgy fingers.
- stout β bulky in figure; heavily built; corpulent; thickset; fat: She is getting too stout for her dresses. Synonyms: big, rotund, stocky, portly, fleshy. Antonyms: thin, lean, slender, slim; skinny, scrawny.
- plump β direct; downright; blunt.
- troublesome β causing trouble, annoyance, or difficulty; vexatious: a troublesome situation; a troublesome person.
- tough β strong and durable; not easily broken or cut.
- grim β stern and admitting of no appeasement or compromise: grim determination; grim necessity.
- demanding β A demanding job or task requires a lot of your time, energy, or attention.
- intractable β not easily controlled or directed; not docile or manageable; stubborn; obstinate: an intractable disposition.
- offhand β cavalierly, curtly, or brusquely: to reply offhand.
- boisterous β Someone who is boisterous is noisy, lively, and full of energy.
- nasty β physically filthy; disgustingly unclean: a nasty pigsty of a room.
- feisty β full of animation, energy, or courage; spirited; spunky; plucky: The champion is faced with a feisty challenger.
- uptight β tense, nervous, or jittery.
- passionate β having, compelled by, or ruled by intense emotion or strong feeling; fervid: a passionate advocate of socialism.
- contentious β A contentious issue causes a lot of disagreement or arguments.
- resentful β full of or marked by resentment.
- harsh β ungentle and unpleasant in action or effect: harsh treatment; harsh manners.
- hard β not soft; solid and firm to the touch; unyielding to pressure and impenetrable or almost impenetrable.
- cruel β Someone who is cruel deliberately causes pain or distress to people or animals.
- raw β uncooked, as articles of food: a raw carrot.
- violent β acting with or characterized by uncontrolled, strong, rough force: a violent earthquake.
- unpleasant β not pleasant; displeasing; disagreeable; offensive: an unpleasant taste; an unpleasant situation; an unpleasant manner.
- rowdy β a rough, disorderly person.
- bluff β A bluff is an attempt to make someone believe that you will do something when you do not really intend to do it.
- short β having little length; not long.
- blunt β If you are blunt, you say exactly what you think without trying to be polite.
- brief β Something that is brief lasts for only a short time.