Disappointed face Emoji
Smileys
A yellow face with a slight frown, lowered eyebrows, and sad, drooping eyes. The expression conveys mild unhappiness, regret, or a sense of letdown rather than deep, overwhelming grief.
Usage Context
This face is the go-to for expressing minor inconveniences or bummer moments, like a cancelled plan or missing a deadline. It serves as a more subdued alternative to the crying 😢 or the intense sobbing 😭. Users often drop this into a chat to signal they are feeling down without appearing overly dramatic.
History
Included in Unicode 6.0 in 2010, this emoji evolved from early text-based emoticons like ':(' and ':-('. It was standardized during the global adoption of emoji sets to bridge the gap between simple ASCII text characters and the expressive visual language used in modern mobile messaging apps.
Details
Glyph
😞
Unicode
U+1F61E
Shortcode
:emoji_u1f61e:
HTML Entity
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Specifications
Vendor Google
Category Smileys
Subcategory face-concerned
Unicode Version 6.0
Emoji Version 1.0
License CC-BY 4.0
Google Noto License
Emoji graphics by Twitter/X, licensed under CC-BY 4.0
Noto Color Emoji graphics are copyrighted by Google Inc. and licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0. Font files may also be subject to the SIL Open Font License, Version 1.1.
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