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😱 Face screaming in fear

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😱 Emoji meaning

I'm speechless! Speechless from fear, shock, Halloween.

Table of Contents

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

😱 Meaning

Horror-stricken face with two hands, screaming. Is scared stiff, feeling nothing but fear and panic. The creepy emoji can also be used ironically or as a symbol for Halloween.

Examples

  • That’s so creepy! 😱
  • Did you really do that? 😱
  • That totally scared me. 😱

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Commonly confused with

Direction Variant

Face screaming in fear
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Weary cat

Weary cat vs face screaming in fear; both exaggerated scream faces with hands/ears up.

Same Emotion

Face screaming in fear
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Fearful face

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

Face screaming in fear
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Weary face

Weary vs face screaming in fear; both extremely dramatic, wide-open mouth expressions.

Emoji History

Development of the emoji in the Unicode lexicon

First included

The emoji “Face screaming in fear” 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

+ epic + fearful + screamer + screaming + shocked + surprised + woah

Keywords removed

- face screaming in fear

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

Keywords changed

Keywords removed

- fearful

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

Keywords changed

Keywords added

+ face screaming in fear

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

Keywords changed

Keywords added

+ face + fear + fearful + munch + scared + scream

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

Keywords changed

Keywords removed

- munch - scream

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

(1) Comment

  • It resembles the painting “The Scream“ by Edvard Munch.