bullish

adj

Etymology: Etymology tree English bull Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Germanic *-iskaz Proto-West Germanic *-isk Old English -isċ Middle English -ish English -ish English bullish From bull + -ish.

1. Having a muscular physique, built ‘like a bull’.
2. Aggressively self-confident or assertive; bullheaded.

   “He was heavily criticised for his bullish behaviour.”

   “Sitting on the edge of the stage at the show’s end, draped in a flag and singing You Need Me, a bullish screw-you written when he was 15, he didn’t look much like a man still plagued by nerves over headlining Glastonbury.”

3. Optimistic, confident; overly or foolishly optimistic or hopeful.

   “It [the plan] was bullish about the prospects for BR winning new business and retaining what it had, but recognised that this would depend on the extent to which equipment would enable improved services at lower costs.”

   “This week, BlackRock's Larry Fink noted that sovereign wealth funds had bought the dip by snapping up bitcoin while it traded just above $80,000, in a sign that parts of the investment community remained bullish even as prices fell to their lowest level in eight months.”

4. Characterized by rising value.