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thumbs-downing

thumbs-downing is the present participle and gerund of thumbs-down.

Meaning of thumbs-down

Verb

thumbs-down (third-person singular simple present thumbs-downs, present participle thumbs-downing, simple past and past participle thumbs-downed)

  1. (transitive) To disapprove with a thumbs-down sign.
    • He stood outside the dressing room and thumbs-upped or thumbs-downed each choice.2015, Anne Wagener, Borrow-A-Bridesmaid
    Antonyms:
    thumbs-up

Questions about thumbs-downing

What is thumbs-downing the present participle and gerund of?
Thumbs-downing is the present participle and gerund of thumbs-down.

Words near thumbs-downing in the dictionary

  1. thumbs up
  2. thumbs up, seven up
  3. thumbs ups
  4. thumbs-down
  5. thumbs-downed
  6. thumbs-downing
  7. thumbs-downs
  8. thumbs-up
  9. thumbs-upped
  10. thumbs-upping
  11. thumbs-ups

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Adapted from Wiktionary: thumbs-downing (page history and authors); thumbs-down (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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