thumbing down
Signaling Roman execution
Thumbing down is rejecting or expressing disapproval of something, from the gesture of pointing the thumb downward.
The phrase appears in continuous actions: The committee kept thumbing down every proposal.
On social media platforms, thumbing down means clicking a downvote button to signal disapproval or disagreement.
- gestureCommunicative body movement
- hand gestureMotion made with fingers
- rejectionDenial of acceptance
- hard passEmphatic informal rejection
- signalMessage-conveying cue
veto · downvote · disapproval · criticism · critique · body language · condemnation · appraisal · booing · dismissal · refusal · oversimplification · dislike · negative feedback · bad review · pointing · shrugging · reductionism
thumbing downthumbs up
Gesture signaling approval
thumbs-upping · upvoting · liking · endorsing · approving
thumbing downapplauding
Expressing approval vocally
cheering · clapping · acclaiming · praising · hailing
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