🥹Emoji with wet eyes

🥹 Face holding back tears

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🥹 Emoji meaning

Holding back emotions: gratitude, emotion, pride, sadness, anger.

Table of Contents

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

🥹 Meaning

The 🥹 emoji, which shows a slightly smiling face with tears in its eyes, can express various emotions such as gratitude, emotion, or pride. At the same time, anger or rage can also be the reason why tears can hardly be held back. It is often used to express strong feelings in communication, and the emotional interpretation depends on the context. In conversation, this emoji can be used to convey empathy and compassion, especially when discussing emotional topics. It is also used to express our deep feelings in an authentic and touching way, emphasizing the human side of our communication.

Examples

  • I'm so proud of you! 🥹
  • That's so sweet of you. 🥹
  • Did you really do that for me? 🥹

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Commonly confused with

Same Emotion

Face holding back tears
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Crying face

Face holding back tears vs crying face; both about sadness and emotional vulnerability.

Emoji History

Development of the emoji in the Unicode lexicon

First included

The emoji “Face holding back tears” was approved as part of Unicode 14.0 in 2021 and added to Emoji 14.0 .

In the release of Emoji 16.0 and Unicode 16.0 in 2024 there was 1 change.

Keywords changed

Keywords added

+ admiration + aww + back + embarrassed + face + feelings + grateful + gratitude + holding + joy + please + tears

Keywords removed

- angry - face holding back tears

In the release of Emoji 14.0 and Unicode 14.0 in 2021 there was 1 change.

Keywords changed

Keywords added

+ angry + cry + face holding back tears + proud + resist + sad

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

(7) Comments

  • Perfect for expressing cuteness.

  • This emoji could mean love, as in "this is so cute," or pleading, like puppy dog eyes.

  • Tears of joy.

  • Smiling through the pain. Used when something painful or difficult has happened, and someone has expressed compassion. For example, my car was hit, and a friend sends me flowers.

  • A deep yearning for intimacy, regardless of gender.

  • Feeling emotional 🥹

  • When I need to get things done.