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😅 Grinning face with sweat

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😅 Emoji meaning

Relief, nervousness, humor in stressful situations.

Table of Contents

  1.  Meaning
  2.  Confused With
  3.  Emoji History
  4.  Similar Emojis
  5.  Platforms
  6.  Emoji Details
  7.  Comments

😅 Meaning

A grinning face with drops of sweat is represented by the 😅 emoji. This is used to express relief that a tricky situation has been successfully handled or just gone well, such as an important meeting. It is also sometimes used to express nervousness or tension about upcoming difficult events. In conversation, this emoji conveys that you can handle stressful situations with humor and composure. It shows how to maintain optimism and cheerfulness during difficult times and how to share these positive feelings with others.

Examples

  • Was that awkward? 😅
  • That was way too close. 😅
  • Good thing nothing happened! 😅

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Commonly confused with

Direction Variant

Grinning face with sweat
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Downcast face with sweat

Smiling with sweat vs downcast face with sweat; both have sweat and can be used for ‘nervous/relieved’ feelings.

Same Emotion

Grinning face with sweat
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Beaming face with smiling eyes

Beaming smile vs grinning face with sweat; sweat drop can be missed so both appear as excited smiles.

Grinning face with sweat
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Rolling on the floor laughing

Rolling on the floor laughing vs smiling with sweat; both can represent intense, slightly awkward laughter.

Emoji History

Development of the emoji in the Unicode lexicon

First included

The emoji “Grinning face with sweat” 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

+ dejected + excited + grinning + mouth + nervous + smiling + stress + stressed

Keywords removed

- grinning face with sweat

In the release of Emoji 5.0 and Unicode 10.0 in 2017 there were 2 changes.

Emoji title renamed

Emoji title before

smiling face with open mouth & cold sweat

Emoji title after

grinning face with sweat

Keywords changed

Keywords added

+ grinning face with sweat

In the release of Emoji 3.0 and Unicode 9.0 in 2016 there were 2 changes.

Emoji title renamed

Emoji title before

smiling face with open mouth and cold sweat

Emoji title after

smiling face with open mouth & cold sweat

Keywords changed

Keywords added

+ cold + face + open + smile + sweat

Similar emojis from "Smiling and Affectionate"

Select Emoji
Smiling and Affectionate
😀 Grinning face 😃 Grinning face with big eyes 😄 Grinning face with smiling eyes 😁 Beaming face with smiling eyes 😆 Grinning squinting face 😅 Grinning face with sweat 🤣 Rolling on the floor laughing 😂 Face with tears of joy 🙂 Slightly smiling face 😉 Winking face 😊 Smiling face with smiling eyes 😇 Smiling face with halo 🥰 Smiling face with hearts 😍 Smiling face with heart-eyes 🤩 Star-struck 😘 Face blowing a kiss 😗 Kissing face ☺️ Smiling face 😏 Smirking face 😚 Kissing face with closed eyes 😙 Kissing face with smiling eyes 🥲 Smiling face with tear
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Comments

(10) Comments

  • A light answer to a serious question.

  • I use this emoji when I have made a mistake.

  • Used in awkward situations, like when asking a formal friend a question.

  • A nervous laugh...when you just laugh because you don't know how to react to a certain situation.

  • Laughing so hard I'm crying.

  • I don't know how to react. Delemma. Confused state.

  • Probably used when feeling nervous but trying to laugh it off.