The face with crossed-out eyes emoji shows a face with X-shaped eyes and a wide, hollow "O" mouth. Popularly called the dizzy face, it expresses being physically or mentally overwhelmed — dizziness, shock, disbelief, or feeling knocked senseless — and can also suggest intoxication or unsteadiness.
What 😵 means
A yellow face with two 'X's for eyes, raised eyebrows, and a wide-open, hollow 'O' for a mouth. This emoji refers to a feeling of being physically dizzy, or mentally dizzy; where you can't remember what happened.
Although called the 😵 Dizzy Face, this emoji resonates with other emotions such as shock, surprisement, speechlessness, amusement, or maybe even disappointment. This emoji can be used to show unsteadiness and intoxication too. The Facebook variant of this emoji has a purple shade for the top of the head.
How and when to use it
- If your buddies are sending pictures of a 'wild night' and you don't remember a thing, send this emoji in that conversation.
- If you're shocked by a situation, conversation, or a person's behavior, send this emoji as a sign of disbelief.
- This emoji can also be used to tell someone how 'intoxicated' or dizzy you are.
- If a casual conversation suddenly flipped onto you out of nowhere, send this emoji as a way of saying 'Um, excuse me, wtf'.
- You can also use this emoji to show that you're speechless.
Other Names
- 😵 Dizzy
- 😵 Shocked Face
- 😵 Surprised
- 😵 Intoxicated
- 😵 Cross Eyes Face
- 😵 Spiral Eyes Face
- 😵 Disbelief
😵 Open Mouth
The lowdown
- Category
- Smileys & Emotion › face-unwell
- Codepoints
U+1F635- Emoji version
- Emoji 0.6
- Shortcodes
:dizzy_face:- Keywords
- crossed-out, dead, dizzy, eyes, face, feels, knocked, out, sick, tired
How it looks across platforms
Seeing a blank box instead of the emoji somewhere? Here's why that happens.
⚡ Quick round
Which joined the keyboard first — 😵 Face with Crossed-out Eyes or 🏇 Horse Racing?