😮

Face with Open Mouth Emoji 😮

Face with open mouth freezes on the exact "whoa" — a round, wide-open mouth and blank staring eyes, the reactive gasp before your brain catches up. It carries more disbelief than delight, which is why it reads stunned rather than thrilled.

What 😮 means

Picture the sound this face would make if it could talk: a long, drawn-out 'whoaaa' — the audible version of amazement caught mid-happen, before words have time to catch up.

The 😮 Face With Open Mouth emoji also signifies disbelief, shock, and a tiny amount of bewilderment. This emoji is mostly used as a reactive emoji more than an expressive one.

How and when to use it

Use this emoji while reacting to surprising moments in conversations with your friends and peers.
You can also use this emoji to react to any shocking video, image, or passage you went through.
If your BFF is telling you about something totally out-of-the-comfort-zone that she tried, send this emoji as a way of wow-ing her confidence and bravery!

Other Names

😮 Surprised
😮 In Awe
😮 Awed
😮 Disbelief
😮 Wow!
😮 Whoa
😮 Open Mouth
😮 Shocked
😮 Surprised Face With Open Mouth
😮 OMG

😮 in real conversations

What does 😮 mean in texting?

A simple 'whoa' — surprise registered without much drama. It sits between a raised eyebrow and a full gasp, used for anything mildly unexpected.

What does 😮 mean from a girl?

Usually genuine surprise at news, a reveal, or a plot twist — less dramatic than 😲, more real than a sarcastic 'oh really.' A quick, honest reaction rather than a performance.

Is 😮 the same as 😲?

Close but weaker — 😮 is a lighter 'oh,' while 😲 is a bigger jaw-drop. Reach for 😮 when something's surprising but not jaw-on-the-floor shocking.

The lowdown

Category: Smileys & Emotion › face-concerned
Codepoints: U+1F62E
Emoji version: Emoji 1.0
Shortcodes: :open_mouth:
Keywords: believe, face, forgot, mouth, omg, open, shocked, surprised, sympathy, unbelievable, unreal, whoa, wow, you

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.