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thumbs down Emoji

👎 · U+1F44E · Emoji 0.6

What does the thumbs down emoji mean?

Disapproval or dislike is the primary meaning of 👎 in digital communication, often used to express dissatisfaction or disagreement with something, and it is also used figuratively to convey a negative opinion or rejection, while its literal definition is a hand gesture with the thumb pointed downwards, which is the opposite of the thumbs up gesture, and in slang, it can be used to playfully tease or mock someone, or to jokingly express displeasure at a minor annoyance, and it can also be used to signify a negative vote or rating.

thumbs down in every skin tone

This emoji takes a Fitzpatrick modifier. Click any tone to copy it.

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thumbs down emoji examples

just saw the new movie and it was so bad 👎
don't think that's a good idea 👎

How to copy the thumbs down emoji

To use the thumbs down emoji, tap the Copy button above, then paste it (long-press then Paste on mobile, or Ctrl+V / Cmd+V on desktop) anywhere you can type: messages, captions, usernames, bios and documents. It copies the real Unicode character (U+1F44E), so it works on every app and platform, no download needed.

thumbs down emoji on different platforms

How the thumbs down emoji looks on your device and in the openly licensed sets that include it (Twitter / X (Twemoji), Google Noto Color Emoji, OpenMoji). See image credits.

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