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Face with Thermometer Emoji 🤒

A thermometer clamped in a flushed, weary mouth makes face with thermometer the plain way to say you're actually ill, not just tired. It covers calling in sick as often as the flu itself, and sometimes just feeling emotionally wiped and low.

What 🤒 means

A yellow face with blank eyes, tired eyebrows, flushed cheeks, and a sad curve of a mouth with a thermometer in it. This emoji signifies being physically sick, 'under the weather' or down with the flu.

Although the 🤒 Face With Thermometer emoji gives a general suggestion of physical sickness as a whole, it can be used to signify the state of being emotionally or mentally dull or not feeling like yourself too.

How and when to use it

If you're calling in sick to a casual get-together, use this emoji to show that.
If you're feeling a little emotionally worn down or mentally meh, send this emoji as a way of saying you're not feeling too good.
You can also use this emoji to show that you're sick of something.
If you've been hospitalized and you're telling your friends about it, use this emoji in that story.

Other Names

🤒 Sick
🤒 Ill
🤒 Hospitalized
🤒 Dull
🤒 Worn Down
🤒 Tired Face
🤒 Sick Face
🤒 Fever
🤒 Feverish Face
🤒 High Temperature
🤒 Thermometer

🤒 in real conversations

What does 🤒 mean in texting?

Sick, often dramatically so — a fever, the flu, or just feeling wiped out. 'I'm dying 🤒' is rarely literal; it's the exaggerated way people announce they're staying in bed today.

What does 🤒 mean from a guy?

Usually a low-key excuse or genuine symptom report — canceling plans, explaining why he sounds rough on a call, playing up a cold for a little sympathy.

Is 🤒 ever used sarcastically?

Yes — '🤒 can't do the dishes today' is a classic mock-illness joke, milking a minor ailment, or a fake one, for a laugh rather than real sympathy.

The lowdown

Category: Smileys & Emotion › face-unwell
Codepoints: U+1F912
Emoji version: Emoji 1.0
Shortcodes: :face_with_thermometer::thermometer_face: Discord
Keywords: face, ill, sick, thermometer

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.