Round, sad eyes under a deep, unmistakable downturned mouth — the frowning face doesn't leave much room for interpretation. It's used for real disappointment, sadness, or displeasure, more direct and less introspective than the pensive face's quieter sulk.
What ☹️ means
A yellow face with blank eyes and a full frown, signifying feelings of sadness, grief, disappointment and an overall sorrowful sensation.
The ☹️ Frowning Face also suggests missing someone or something or feeling vulnerable. Overall, this emoji shows a facial reaction to something moderately terrible and unhappy.
How and when to use it
- Use this emoji as a reaction (along with words) to something sad you witnessed.
- Send this emoji along with something sad that you're sending to give the receivers some kind of a crux of the subject.
- This emoji works perfectly for casually heartbreaking conversations, like "I broke my nail ☹️" or "My bike just broke down, goddamnit! ☹️", along such lines.
- This emoji can also be used to discuss sad movie endings or series too.
- You can use this emoji while telling someone you miss them or telling someone else that you miss that someone special.
- Use this emoji while narrating a painful regret.
Other Names
- ☹️ Sad
- ☹️ Sad Face
- ☹️ Affectionate Sadness
- ☹️ Megafrown
- ☹️ Disappointment
- ☹️ Grieving
- ☹️ Unhappy
- ☹️ White Frowning Face
- ☹️ Emotional
- ☹️ Regretful
The lowdown
- Category
- Smileys & Emotion › face-concerned
- Codepoints
U+2639 U+FE0F- Emoji version
- Emoji 0.7
- Shortcodes
:frowning_face:GitHub- Keywords
- face, frown, frowning, sad
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 — ☹️ Frowning Face or 🎩 Top Hat?
Runs with a crowd
☹️ keeps company in sad emojis — tap-to-copy sets for when one emoji isn't enough.