😓

Downcast Face with Sweat Emoji 😓

Effort that genuinely costs you something is where downcast face with sweat belongs: lowered eyes, a sad mouth, one heavy bead of sweat. Send it after a close call, a rough deadline, or any grind that left you wrung out rather than relieved.

What 😓 means

A yellow face with lowered eyes that are slightly closed, a downward curve denoting a sad mouth and a big blue drop of sweat dripping from one side of the head.

The 😓 Downcast Face With Sweat emoji signifies an intense feeling of stress, fear, tension and sadness too. The emoji can also refer to painful hard work, perseverance, dedication, and a sense of 'giving it my all'.

How and when to use it

  • If you're telling someone close about a tough project or situation you're working through, use this emoji as a way of showing them that you're putting in all your effort and it's still taking forever to work.
  • Use this emoji as a reaction to something moderately sad.
  • This emoji can also be used in conversations about hard work, struggle, and perseverance.
  • Send this emoji as a way of sharing in someone's everyday challenges and difficulties over text.
  • It can be brought into contexts of less intense grief and helplessness as well.
  • You can use this emoji to show painful disappointment too.
  • If you're talking about losing something or someone in your life, use this emoji in that chat.

Other Names

  • 😓 Disappointed
  • 😓 Hard Working
  • 😓 Persevering
  • 😓 Sad Sweat Face
  • 😓 Helpless
  • 😓 Tensed
  • 😓 Fear
  • 😓 Helpless

😓 in real conversations

What does 😓 mean from a girl?

Awkward relief or nervous exhaustion — a close call that worked out, or a stressful situation she's still recovering from. "Barely made it on time 😓" is a sigh, not a cry, the single sweat drop marking how close it was.

What does 😓 mean in texting?

A downturned, tired face with one bead of sweat, used for embarrassment, exhaustion, or a nervous "phew" right after something stressful passes. It sits between actual sadness and a relieved laugh, closer to "that was rough" than either extreme.

Is 😓 different from 😅?

Yes — 😅 has a laughing, closed-eyed grin under its sweat drop, reading as nervous laughter or relief with humor attached. 😓's mouth turns down instead, making it read as genuinely tired or low, with no smile softening it.

The lowdown

Category
Smileys & Emotion â€ē face-concerned
Codepoints
U+1F613
Emoji version
Emoji 0.6
Shortcodes
:sweat:
Keywords
close, cold, downcast, face, feels, headache, nervous, sad, 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.

downcast face with sweat on Apple
Apple
downcast face with sweat on Google
Google
downcast face with sweat on Twitter/X
Twitter/X
downcast face with sweat on Facebook
Facebook
downcast face with sweat on Microsoft
Microsoft

⚡ Quick round

Which joined the keyboard first — 😓 Downcast Face with Sweat or đŸĻŸ Mosquito?

Runs with a crowd

😓 keeps company in sad emojis — tap-to-copy sets for when one emoji isn't enough.

Related emojis