thumbs down

plural thumbs downs · alternative thumbs-down · alternative thumb down

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

   He shook his head and gave a thumbs down.

   Antonyms: thumbs up

2. figurativelyA rejection or refusal.

   We requested permission but got a thumbs down.

   1 more example

   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.

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

   Antonyms: thumbs up

alternative thumbs-down · alternative thumb down

1. indicativepresentsingularthird personthird-person singular simple present indicative of thumb down