๐Ÿ˜ฅ

๐Ÿ˜ฅ Emoji meaning

Phew, close call! Relieved but disappointed after a stressful experience.

๐Ÿ˜ฅ Meaning

Is relieved that something is over, but also disappointed. Has experienced a stressful situation with an unpleasant outcome, for example, a test. Has gotten out of a difficult or delicate situation, but not without bumps and bruises.

Examples

  • That was close. ๐Ÿ˜ฅ
  • Did everything turn out okay? ๐Ÿ˜ฅ
  • Thank goodness nothing happened! ๐Ÿ˜ฅ

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Commonly confused with

Intensity Variant

Sad but relieved face
โ†”

Worried face vs disappointed but relieved face; both show concern and mild distress.

Same Emotion

Sad but relieved face
โ†”
Crying face

Disappointed but relieved vs crying face; tear placement differs, both imply sadness.

Sad but relieved face
โ†”

Disappointed vs disappointed but relieved; tears/sweat nuances are small in size.

Emoji History

Development of the emoji in the Unicode lexicon

First included

The emoji โ€œSad but relieved faceโ€ 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

+ anxious + call + close + complicated + not + sad + sweat + time

Keywords removed

- sad but relieved face

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

Emoji title renamed

Emoji title before

disappointed but relieved face

Emoji title after

sad but relieved face

Keywords changed

Keywords added

+ sad but relieved face

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

Keywords changed

Keywords added

+ disappointed + face + relieved + whew

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

Keywords changed

Keywords removed

- whew

Similar emojis from "Concerned and Negative"

Comments

(1) Comment

  • It can mean being anxious.