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😨 Fearful face

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😨 Emoji meaning

What happened? Shock, fear, surprise, dizziness.

Table of Contents

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

😨 Meaning

Scared smiley is frightened and stunned. Seems to be deeply shocked and surprised by an ominous event or intense experience.

Examples

  • Oh no! 😨
  • Did you see that too? 😨
  • I heard a weird noise. 😨

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Commonly confused with

Color Variant

Fearful face
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Anxious face with sweat

Anxious face with sweat vs fearful face; both worried, scared expressions with wide eyes.

Same Emotion

Fearful face
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Anguished face

Anguished vs fearful; both mid-level panic/fear expressions.

Fearful face
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Face screaming in fear

Fearful vs screaming in fear; both show terror, screaming being the extreme variant.

Emoji History

Development of the emoji in the Unicode lexicon

First included

The emoji “Fearful face” 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

+ afraid + anxious + blame + worried

In the release of Emoji 11.0 and Unicode 11.0 in 2018 there was 1 change.

Keywords changed

Keywords removed

- fearful face

In the release of Emoji 5.0 and Unicode 10.0 in 2017 there was 1 change.

Keywords changed

Keywords added

+ fearful face

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

Keywords changed

Keywords added

+ face + fear + fearful + scared

Similar emojis from "Concerned and Negative"

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Concerned and Negative
😕 Confused face 🫤 Face with diagonal mouth 😟 Worried face 🙁 Slightly frowning face ☹️ Frowning face 🫪 Distorted face 😮 Face with open mouth 😯 Hushed face 😲 Astonished face 😳 Flushed face 🥺 Pleading face 🥹 Face holding back tears 😦 Frowning face with open mouth 😧 Anguished face 😨 Fearful face 😰 Anxious face with sweat 😥 Sad but relieved face 😢 Crying face 😭 Loudly crying face 😱 Face screaming in fear 😖 Confounded face 😣 Persevering face 😞 Disappointed face 😓 Downcast face with sweat 😩 Weary face 😫 Tired face 😤 Face with steam from nose 😡 Enraged face 😠 Angry face 🤬 Face with symbols on mouth
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Comments

(3) Comments

  • Feeling anxious and scared about a situation.

  • It shows astonishment.

  • Screaming loudly.