Voting against a proposal or bad option
Voting against a proposal or bad option.
People & BodyHand Fingers Closed
👎 Thumbs Down Emoji
The 👎 Thumbs Down emoji expresses disapproval, disagreement, rejection, bad quality, or a negative review.
QUICK FACTS
- Official name
- Thumbs Down
- Category
- People & Body
- Subcategory
- Hand Fingers Closed
- Unicode
- U+1F44E
- Emoji version
- 0.6
- Unicode version
- 17.0
What Does Mean?
The 👎 Thumbs Down emoji represents disapproval and rejection. It is used to signal that an idea is poor, a service was disappointing, or a decision was unfavorable. In casual chats, it provides a direct, nonverbal 'no' or 'dislike'.
Tone
DisapprovingNegativeCriticalDissatisfied
Quick Meaning
The 👎 Thumbs Down emoji expresses disapproval, disagreement, rejection, bad quality, or a negative review.
Use Cases
How People Use 👎
Common conversational contexts and messaging situations.
Expressing disappointment with a film, game, or meal
Expressing disappointment with a film, game, or meal.
Signaling disapproval of poor behavior or service
Signaling disapproval of poor behavior or service.
Real Messages
👎 Emoji Examples
Realistic message examples demonstrating natural placement for 👎.
“That movie sequel was really disappointing 👎”
“Definitely not recommending that restaurant 👎”
“No, that plan won't work for us 👎”
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Lookup Data
Names, Keywords and Search Terms
Search terms, common aliases, and lookup keywords.
Official Name
Thumbs Down
Subcategory: Hand Fingers ClosedAliases & Common Names
- thumbs down
- dislike
- disapprove
- bad
Keywords & Search Terms
- thumbs down
- dislike
- disapprove
- no
- bad
- reject
- rejection
- disappointment
Developer Reference
👎 Emoji Codes
Copy Unicode, HTML, JavaScript, CSS, and programming escape values.
FormatCode ValueAction
Unicode
U+1F44ECode points
U+1F44EUTF-8 bytes
0xF0 0x9F 0x91 0x8EUTF-16
\uD83D\uDC4EHTML decimal entity
👎HTML hexadecimal entity
👎JavaScript escape
\u{1F44E}CSS escape
\1F44E Python string
\U0001F44EVariations
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SIL Open Font License 1.1
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CC BY 4.0
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CC BY-SA 4.0
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FAQ
Questions About 👎
Frequently asked questions about meaning, copying, PNG export, and Unicode data.
The 👎 Thumbs Down emoji expresses disapproval, disagreement, rejection, bad quality, or a negative review.
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Yes. The surrounding words, relationship, and platform can change how 👎 is read, so add text when the intent matters.
The Unicode code point for 👎 is U+1F44E.
👎 is usually the more general choice. 👍 Thumbs Up is different because opposite gesture representing approval and positive agreement.
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