Worried face Emoji

Smileys

A yellow face with frowning eyes, downturned eyebrows, and a slight, open-mouthed frown. It conveys a clear sense of mild distress, apprehension, or general unease.

Usage Context

Used to signal that you are feeling anxious about a situation, nervous about an upcoming event, or simply bothered by something someone said. It is a slightly softer alternative to the 😧 or 😥 emojis when you want to express concern without being overly dramatic.

History

Added to the Unicode standard in 2014, this emoji was designed to fill the gap between basic disappointment and full-blown panic. It stems from the evolution of early text-based emoticons like ':(', which users had been typing into chat rooms and forums since the birth of the internet to signal a drop in mood.

Details

Glyph

😟

Unicode

U+1F61F

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f61f:

HTML Entity

&#xD83D;&#xDE1F;

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

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