thumbs down

1. a sign of disapproval. The board gave our proposal a thumbs down. The administration's tax bill got a thumbs down in Congress.

2. disapproving; negative. It was thumbs down, and I was disappointed. The thumbs-down decision was a victory for good sense.

1. n. a sign of disapproval. (see also turn thumbs down (on someone/something).) The board gave our proposal a thumbs down.

2. mod. disapproving; negative. It was thumbs down, and I was disappointed.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Ruben	RUY-bən (Dutch)	Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Dutch, French, Armenian, Biblical Latin
Louna	-	French (Modern)
Anne (1)	AHN (French), AN (English), AN-ne (Danish), AHN-ne (Finnish), AH-nə (German), AHN-nə (Dutch)	French, English, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, German, Dutch, Basque
Gosse	GAWS (English)	English (Rare), Medieval French
Kenelm	KEN-əlm	English (Rare)
Berhanu	-	Eastern African, Amharic