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

&#xD83D;&#xDE1E;

Specifications

Vendor Twitter/X

Category Smileys

Subcategory face-concerned

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License CC-BY 4.0

Twemoji Attribution

Emoji graphics by Twitter/X, licensed under CC-BY 4.0

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