thumbs down

See also: thumbs-down

English

Alternative forms

• thumbs-down

Etymology

See thumbs up.

Noun

thumbs down (plural thumbs downs or thumbs down)

1. A gesture signifying disapproval; a thumb pointing down out of a fist.

   He shook his head and gave a thumbs down.

2. A rejection or refusal.

   We requested permission but got a thumbs-down.

   • 2021 March 8, Jane E. Brody, “Medical Marijuana Is Not Regulated as Most Medicines Are”, in The New York Times‎^[1]:

     Indeed, THC does lower damaging pressure inside the eye, but as Drs. Finny T. John and Jean R. Hausheer […] wrote, “to achieve therapeutic levels of marijuana in the bloodstream to treat glaucoma, an individual would need to smoke approximately six to eight times a day,” […] . The major eye care medical societies have put thumbs down on marijuana to treat glaucoma.

Antonyms

• thumbs up

Verb

thumbs down

1. third-person singular simple present indicative of thumb down