Anxious face with sweat is what dread looks like once it turns physical — a pale face, blank open eyes, and one cold blue drop running down the side. It's the one to send right before panic takes over, when something feels too big to stay steady about.
What 😰 means
A dual-colored emoji, with a blue shade covering the top half of the face and yellow, lower half. There's a blue droplet of sweat on one side of the face.
The eyebrows of this yellow face are frowned, the eyes are open and blank, while the mouth is open but small and characterized with a toothless, wide curve.
The 😰 Anxious Face With Sweat signifies anxiety, nervousness, panic, restlessness, and emotional instability to a certain extent. It also emotes extreme fear and phobia. The blue part of the head may also suggest numbness due to fear and anxiety.
How and when to use it
- If you're feeling super anxious and nervous about something and you're telling this to a close someone, use this emoji in that conversation.
- Use this as an emoji reaction to something terrifying or fearful.
- You can also use this emoji while showing someone that you're terribly restless about doing something or anything for that matter.
- If you're sending something that's scary AF and aligns with your much-held phobia, send this emoji along to give the receiver a hint about the subject.
Other Names
- 😰 Anxious
- 😰 Fear
- 😰 Terrified
- 😰 Panicking
- 😰 Panic
- 😰 Phobia
- 😰 Nervous
- 😰 Nerve Wracking
- 😰 Tensed
- 😰 Stressed
- 😰 Worried
😰 in real conversations
What does 😰 mean from a girl?
Nervous, stressed, or bracing for something bad — the sweat drop and pale blue face are the emoji version of a stomach drop. “Waiting on the results 😰” is a typical use.
What does 😰 mean in texting?
Anxiety or dread about something specific, not general sadness. It shows up before a scary conversation, a deadline, or any moment where the outcome feels completely out of your hands.
Is 😰 scared or embarrassed?
Closer to scared and stressed than embarrassed — that job mostly belongs to 😅. 😰 is for genuine nerves: a looming deadline, a risky text about to be sent, a decision with real stakes.
The lowdown
- Category
- Smileys & Emotion › face-concerned
- Codepoints
U+1F630- Emoji version
- Emoji 0.6
- Shortcodes
:cold_sweat:- Keywords
- anxious, blue, cold, eek, face, mouth, nervous, open, rushed, scared, sweat, yikes
How it looks across platforms
Seeing a blank box instead of the emoji somewhere? Here's why that happens. Curious why the designs above don't match to begin with? Here's why that happens too.
⚡ Quick round
Which joined the keyboard first — 😰 Anxious Face with Sweat or 🩳 Shorts?
Runs with a crowd
😰 keeps company in sad emojis — tap-to-copy sets for when one emoji isn't enough.