--- title: "How to pronounce \"thumbs down\" in English | SayItVid" description: "Learn how to say \"thumbs down\" correctly. Watch real-life video examples and master your English pronunciation with SayItVid." image: "https://img.youtube.com/vi/Ef6Ag7KudgU/hqdefault.jpg" url: "https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/thumbs-down" --- # How to pronounce "thumbs down" in English ## Pronunciation & Phonetics - **IPA**: `/θʌmbsdɒwn/` - **Syllable Breakdown**: **thum·bsdown** ## Real-Life Native Speaker Examples (15 Video Clips) Listen to native speakers pronounce "thumbs down" in real conversation: ### Example 1 > "There should be a balance. Thumbs down. Facebook. Well, you know that one." - **Watch at 36:07**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ef6Ag7KudgU&t=2167s) ### Example 2 > "is doing. You're not seeing big swaths of the Republican coalition saying we we are actually giving Donald Trump a thumbs down for what he's trying to do in Iran. His approval rating on the issue is I think in the high 80s percentage. So, his his voters are still sticking with him on this. And there's obviously a long history of Republicans, particularly the evangelical community, having a strong" - **Watch at 11:47**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MdYtbSiB-Lo&t=707s) ### Example 3 > "benjamin is skeptical and valerie i'm not quite sure so let me just go straight uh around the table please fragida thumbs up or thumbs thumbs up or thumbs down well i think it is optimistic to be honest because it's i mean it's the first time we see that there isn't any more two big parties that are taking everything and then forming a government with a small junior partner now i mean we're going to see for the first time ever in germany that" - **Watch at 2:16**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YB9O-9LXZfk&t=136s) ### Example 4 > "and then just slams you with the whole answer, but then when you do get an answer, it has a thumbs up, thumbs down, a new answer, and Google it, and it also has three drafts of every answer so you can see what some of the worse drafts that didn't make it look like." - **Watch at 1:39**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HKvo6acp5aI&t=99s) ### Example 5 > "you have to send the whole thing back to get repaired. Thumbs down. Now, above this panel is a 12-megapixel, ultra-wide camera, with Center Stage and triple microphones, all powered by a literal A13 Bionic chip. For those who remember correctly, that's the same chip that powered the entire iPhone 11." - **Watch at 7:25**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yoigsHYc77s&t=445s) ### Example 6 > "and ran a story about it yeah we reported that a news article about adam's golden parachute drew more than a hundred thumbs down emojis from employees and workers were just really unhappy that wework couldn't even afford to lay them off but then this guy their former ceo was walking away with such a bundle of cash one someone posted on slack so we're two broke to pay employee severance but adam" - **Watch at 37:06**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zl0We0UqsHY&t=2226s) ### Example 7 > "like bear or Leman right now so you give a thumbs up to The Regulators then I give a thumbs up to The Regulators for getting the job done but I give them a thumbs down for being afraid to tell the public I've criticized many people in Washington at all levels why don't you talk about how much progress you have" - **Watch at 2:10**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJ7WTs0Vzuc&t=130s) ### Example 8 > "Thumbs up or thumbs down?" - **Watch at 49:03**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H5TL_oGrUtM&t=2943s) ### Example 9 > "Thumbs up, yeah. Thumbs down, no." - **Watch at 17:48**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBRGNvqql10&t=1068s) ### Example 10 > "Thumbs up? How many of you are thumbs down on it, though?" - **Watch at 22:50**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R2y8f_8teVc&t=1370s) ## How to Pronounce "thumbs down" - **Syllables**: thum · bsdown - **IPA**: `/θʌmbsdɒwn/` - **Listen for**: the stressed syllable in the clips above — notice how surrounding sounds blend in natural speech. ## Related Pronunciations [thumbs](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/thumbs), [down](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/down) ## Frequently Asked Questions ### How do you pronounce “thumbs down”? “thumbs down” is pronounced /θʌmbsdɒwn/ (thum · bsdown). Listen to the native-speaker clips above to hear it in real conversation. ### How many syllables are in “thumbs down”? “thumbs down” has 2 syllables: thum · bsdown. ### How can I hear “thumbs down” used in real sentences? 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