๐Ÿ‘Ž

๐Ÿ‘Ž Emoji meaning

That was a flop! Rejection, disapproval, reluctance.

๐Ÿ‘Ž Meaning

That was really bad! Thumb turned down stands for rejection, disapproval and dislike. Also known as the false death myth meaning with Roman gladiators.

Examples

  • That idea wasn't very good. ๐Ÿ‘Ž
  • Do you think this is lame too? ๐Ÿ‘Ž
  • Oh no, that did not go well at all! ๐Ÿ‘Ž

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Commonly confused with

Direction Variant

Thumbs down
โ†”
Thumbs up

Thumbs down vs thumbs up; opposite meanings but nearly identical shape; mis-tap can reverse sentiment.

Thumbs down
โ†”

Person gesturing NO vs thumbs down; both explicitly signal rejection or disagreement.

Variants

Skin tones
Thumbs down
Thumbs down: light skin tone
Thumbs down: medium-light skin tone
Thumbs down: medium skin tone
Thumbs down: medium-dark skin tone
Thumbs down: dark skin tone

Emoji History

Development of the emoji in the Unicode lexicon

First included

The emoji โ€œThumbs downโ€ was approved as part of Unicode 6.0 in 2010 and added to Emoji 0.6 .

In the release of Emoji 16.0 and Unicode 16.0 in 2024 there was 1 change.

Keywords changed

Keywords added

+ bad + dislike + good + no + nope + thumbs

Keywords removed

- thumbs down

In the release of Emoji 5.0 and Unicode 10.0 in 2017 there was 1 change.

Keywords changed

Keywords added

+ thumbs down

In the release of Emoji 3.0 and Unicode 9.0 in 2016 there was 1 change.

Keywords changed

Keywords added

+ -1 + down + hand + thumb

In the release of Emoji 2.0 and Unicode 8.0 in 2015 there was 1 change.

Keywords changed

Keywords removed

- -1 - thumbs down

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