☹️ Frowning face
☹️ Emoji meaning
Sadness, dissatisfaction, discomfort, disapproval, disappointment.
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☹️ Meaning
The frowning face ☹ looks sad with the corners of the mouth hanging down and expresses dissatisfaction or discomfort. It looks joyless and unhappy and can show disapproval of things like the weather, small mistakes, or a person's behavior. Compared to the 🙁 emoji, the slightly frowning face, the emotion is more intense because the frown is more pronounced. It is often used to express mild concern, disappointment, or loving sadness, such as missing a loved one. In conversation, it helps to express deeper negative feelings and to promote understanding and empathy between people.
Examples
- Oh no! ☹️
- Why are you so quiet? ☹️
- Today just isn't my day. ☹️
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Commonly confused with
Direction Variant
Frowning face vs disappointed face; both downturned expressions of unhappiness.
Intensity Variant
Slightly frowning vs frowning face; both show mild sadness or disappointment.
Emoji History
Development of the emoji in the Unicode lexiconFirst included
The emoji “Frowning face” was approved as part of Unicode 7.0 in 2014 and added to Emoji 0.7 .
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 5.0 and Unicode 10.0 in 2017 there was 1 change.
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In the release of Emoji 3.0 and Unicode 9.0 in 2016 there was 1 change.
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