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😬 Grimacing face

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😬 Emoji meaning

Embarrassed, nervous, awkward, self-conscious, anxious, guilty.

Table of Contents

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

😬 Meaning

This is really embarrassing for me now! Expression of nervousness, awkwardness or embarrassment. Scared and guilty smile: Someone has done something stupid and tries to resolve the tense situation by grimacing.

Examples

  • Was that awkward? 😬
  • Whoa, that was close! 😬
  • I forgot their name again. 😬

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Emoji History

Development of the emoji in the Unicode lexicon

First included

The emoji “Grimacing 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.

Keywords changed

Keywords added

+ awk + awkward + dentist + grimacing + grinning + smile + smiling

Keywords removed

- grimacing face

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

Keywords changed

Keywords added

+ grimacing face

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

Keywords changed

Keywords added

+ face + grimace

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

Keywords changed

Keywords removed

- grimace

Similar emojis from "Neutral and Skeptical"

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Neutral and Skeptical
🙃 Upside-down face 🫠 Melting face 🤐 Zipper-mouth face 🤨 Face with raised eyebrow 😐 Neutral face 😑 Expressionless face 😶 Face without mouth 🫥 Dotted line face 😶‍🌫️ Face in clouds 😒 Unamused face 🙄 Face with rolling eyes 😬 Grimacing face 😮‍💨 Face exhaling 🤥 Lying face 🫨 Shaking face 🙂‍↔️ Head shaking horizontally 🙂‍↕️ Head shaking vertically
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Comments

(2) Comments

  • Shows frustration or annoyance, like growling at something.

  • To express irritation.