thumbs down

thumb down

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [thuhm doun]
- /θʌm daʊn/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [thuhm doun]
- /θʌm daʊn/

Definitions of thumbs down words

noun thumbs down the short, thick, inner digit of the human hand, next to the forefinger. 1
noun thumbs down the corresponding digit in other animals; pollex. 1
noun thumbs down the part of a glove or mitten for containing this digit. 1
noun thumbs down Architecture. an ovolo or echinus molding. 1
verb with object thumbs down to soil or wear with the thumbs in handling, as the pages of a book. 1
verb with object thumbs down to glance through (the pages of a book, leaflet, etc.) quickly. 1

See all 16 definitions of thumbs down

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Origin of thumbs down

First appearance:

before 1885

One of the 21% newest English words

First recorded in 1885-90

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Parts of speech for Thumbs down

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Thumbs down

thumbs down popularity

This term is known only to a narrow circle of people with rare knowledge. Only 6% of English native speakers know the meaning of this word.

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Synonyms for thumbs down

verb thumbs down

back-talk — an impudent response; impudence.
blacklist — If someone is on a blacklist, they are seen by a government or other organization as being one of a number of people who cannot be trusted or who have done something wrong.
call in question — a sentence in an interrogative form, addressed to someone in order to get information in reply.
contradict — If you contradict someone, you say that what they have just said is wrong, or suggest that it is wrong by saying something different.
counter — In a place such as a shop or café, a counter is a long narrow table or flat surface at which customers are served.

noun thumbs down

black list — a list of persons under suspicion, disfavor, censure, etc.: His record as an anarchist put him on the government's blacklist.
brickbat — Brickbats are very critical or insulting remarks which are made in public about someone or something.
brush-off — a refusal to talk or listen to someone; abrupt or final dismissal or rebuff.
call down — to request or invoke
disapproval — the act or state of disapproving; a condemnatory feeling, look, or utterance; censure: stern disapproval.

All 31 Synonyms of thumbs down