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Smiley face with crossed eyes

😵 Face with crossed-out eyes

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😵 Emoji meaning

Dizziness, confusion, strong emotions, drunkenness.

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😵 Meaning

I feel dizzy! Smiley with crossed eyes and open mouth is totally dazed. Is confused and so dizzy it doesn't know which side is up. Also symbolizes strong emotions or drunkenness.

Examples

I'm getting dizzy. 😵
Am I losing my mind? 😵
This is absolutely insane! 😵

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Commonly confused with

Same Emotion

Face with crossed-out eyes

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Woozy face vs dizzy face; both spinny or off-balance states from sickness or intoxication.

ZWJ Sequence

Face with crossed-out eyes

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Face with spiral eyes

Dizzy face vs face with spiral eyes; both show extreme dizziness or confusion.

Emoji History

Development of the emoji in the Unicode lexicon

First included

The emoji “Face with crossed-out eyes” 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

+ crossed-out + dizzy + eyes + feels + knocked + out + sick + tired

Keywords removed

- crossed-out eyes - face with crossed-out eyes - knocked out

In the release of Emoji 14.0 and Unicode 14.0 in 2021 there were 2 changes.

Emoji title renamed

Emoji title before

knocked-out face

Emoji title after

face with crossed-out eyes

Keywords changed

Keywords added

+ crossed-out eyes + face with crossed-out eyes

Keywords removed

- knocked-out face

In the release of Emoji 13.1 and Unicode 13.0 in 2020 there were 2 changes.

Emoji title renamed

Emoji title before

dizzy face

Emoji title after

knocked-out face

Keywords changed

Keywords added

+ dead + knocked out + knocked-out face

Keywords removed

- dizzy

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

Keywords changed

Keywords removed

- dizzy face

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

Keywords changed

Keywords added

+ dizzy face

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

Keywords changed

Keywords added

+ dizzy + face

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Comments

(4) Comments

Anonymous 10/17/2025
When there is too much going on and your head is spinning.
Chris 9/26/2025
Best used to express shock at the insane price of something just bought.
Shannon 8/13/2025
Use this emoji to represent death because of the x's on the eyes.
Mona 3/31/2025
I had mistaken this emoji for “dead“ as in the cartoon.