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downvoting

downvoting is the present participle and gerund of downvote.

Meaning of downvote

Verb

downvote (third-person singular simple present downvotes, present participle downvoting, simple past and past participle downvoted)

  1. (Internet, transitive) To vote against, reducing a cumulative tally of popularity.
    Antonyms:
    upvote

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Questions about downvoting

What is downvoting the present participle and gerund of?
Downvoting is the present participle and gerund of downvote.

Words near downvoting in the dictionary

  1. downvote
  2. downvoted
  3. downvoter
  4. downvoters
  5. downvotes
  6. downvoting
  7. downward
  8. downward dog
  9. downward dogs
  10. downward drift
  11. downward spiral

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Adapted from Wiktionary: downvoting (page history and authors); downvote (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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