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😧 Anguished face
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😧 Emoji meaning
Shock, frustration, disappointment, unpleasant surprise.
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😧 Meaning
Something unexpected happened! Face with raised eyebrows, open eyes and open mouth. A mixture of shock and disappointment. Represents fear, frustration, horror and unexpected, negative surprises.
Examples
- Oh no, my phone died! 😧
- Is it really that late already? 😧
- I totally forgot about the appointment. 😧
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Commonly confused with
Same Emotion
Anguished vs fearful; both mid-level panic/fear expressions.
Emoji History
Development of the emoji in the Unicode lexiconFirst included
The emoji “Anguished face” was approved as part of Unicode 8.0 in 2015 and added to Emoji 1.0 .
In the release of Emoji 16.0 and Unicode 16.0 in 2024 there was 1 change.
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+ forgot + scared + scary + stressed + surprise + unhappy + what + wow
In the release of Emoji 11.0 and Unicode 11.0 in 2018 there was 1 change.
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- anguished face
In the release of Emoji 5.0 and Unicode 10.0 in 2017 there was 1 change.
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+ anguished face
In the release of Emoji 3.0 and Unicode 9.0 in 2016 there was 1 change.
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+ anguished + face
In the release of Emoji 2.0 and Unicode 8.0 in 2015 there was 1 change.
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- anguished
