Frowning face Emoji

Smileys

A classic, bold yellow circle featuring a simple downturned mouth and two unblinking, wide-open eyes. It is the definitive visual shorthand for a bad mood, disappointment, or general displeasure.

Usage Context

Use this to signal that you are unhappy with a piece of news, a service experience, or to express low-level frustration. Unlike the more dramatic 😭 or the overly concerned 😟, this emoji conveys a direct, blunt sense of dissatisfaction.

History

Based on the iconic mood-ring style faces that predated the digital era, this character was officially added to Unicode 1.1 in 1993. It was one of the earliest ways to introduce emotional tone into the cold, text-only environment of early internet message boards and relay chats.

Details

Glyph

☹

Unicode

U+2639

Shortcode

:emoji_u2639:

HTML Entity

☹

Specifications

Vendor Twitter/X

Category Smileys

Subcategory face-concerned

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License CC-BY 4.0

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