😰 Anxious face with sweat
😰 Emoji meaning
Shocked, anxious, stressed, speechless, worried.
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😰 Meaning
Smiley with a blue forehead is shocked and worried. Cold sweat is dripping from the forehead and the mouth is open, dumbfounded. Sweating due to physical or mental stress.
Examples
- Oh no, I'm late! 😰
- I'm so stressed right now. 😰
- Wait, is the appointment tomorrow? 😰
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Commonly confused with
Color Variant
Cold face vs anxious face with sweat; blue tint and sweat both show physical stress.
Anxious face with sweat vs fearful face; both worried, scared expressions with wide eyes.
Direction Variant
Anxious with sweat vs downcast with sweat; both mix worry with physical stress.
Same Shape
Facepalm vs anxious face; both show stress, though one is explicitly the gesture of covering the face.
Emoji History
Development of the emoji in the Unicode lexiconFirst included
The emoji “Anxious 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.
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In the release of Emoji 11.0 and Unicode 11.0 in 2018 there was 1 change.
Keywords removed
In the release of Emoji 5.0 and Unicode 10.0 in 2017 there were 2 changes.
Emoji title before
face with open mouth & cold sweat
Emoji title after
anxious face with sweat
Keywords added
In the release of Emoji 3.0 and Unicode 9.0 in 2016 there were 2 changes.
Emoji title before
face with open mouth and cold sweat
Emoji title after
face with open mouth & cold sweat
Keywords added
In the release of Emoji 2.0 and Unicode 8.0 in 2015 there was 1 change.
Keywords removed
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Comments
(2) Comments
Anonymous I use that for a sad face.
Henry Use it to mean "Oh no! This is bad! What are we going to do?!" Like being on the verge of freaking out.