evening star

NOUN

planet seen in west at sunset

Synonyms

WEAK

Hesper Hesperus Venus Vesper

Antonyms

WEAK

morning star

Example Sentences

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Looking at the daily chart of the VanEck Semiconductor ETF, a bearish evening star was completed on June 4 following a powerful 79% advance since the start of the second quarter.

From Barron's • Jun. 11, 2026

The current double-bottom base began forming after a bearish evening star pattern in the last week of May 2025 triggered a 17% decline.

From Barron's • May 27, 2026

Near the highs, bearish signals appeared through an evening star formation in the first week of April 2024, followed by a dark cloud cover and bearish engulfing candles in July 2024 and May 2025.

From Barron's • May 20, 2026

Should that occur, the next major target could be 5%, an area briefly reached during the first week of November 2023 before a bearish evening star triggered a sharp reversal.

From Barron's • May 15, 2026

With some bitterness, I replied, “The evening star is barely abed.”

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson