The loudly crying face emoji shows a face with scrunched eyes and two streams of tears pouring down, wailing with an open mouth. It expresses intense sadness or grief, but is just as often used for overwhelming joy, laughter, or being moved — the emoji equivalent of "I'm sobbing."
What 😭 means
A yellow face with furrowed eyebrows, tightly shut eyes and two streams of flowing tears from each of the eyes. The mouth here is an open 'O' with only the top teeth visible.
The 😭 Loudly Crying Face emoji signifies a deep sense of sadness, loss, grief, fear, and anxiety. It denotes an uncontrollable emotion of sobs and tears in the face of an unfortunate event; a full-blown reaction to heartbreak.
How and when to use it
- If you just witnessed something incredibly sad, use this as an emoji in that context.
- Send this emoji when you're telling your close ones about something terrible that happened.
- If you're telling someone about something dreadful that you're feeling very restless about, use this emoji to add character to that emotion while sharing it virtually.
- Use this emoji while telling someone that you miss someone or something so much that something within you aches.
- This emoji basically fits into any hurtful, painful and agonising context.
Other Names
- 😭 Sad
- 😭 Grieving
- 😭 Terrified
- 😭 Weeping
- 😭 Uncontrollably Sobbing
- 😭 Pain
- 😭 Hurt
- 😭 Bawling
- 😭 Sad Tears
- 😭 Crying
- 😭 Cruel
😭 in real conversations
What does 😭 mean from a girl?
Overwhelmed — and it cuts both ways. It's just as likely to mean “this is the funniest thing I've seen today” or “that puppy is too cute to bear” as actual distress. The words around it tell you which.
What does 😭 mean from a guy?
Exaggerated despair or laughing so hard it hurts. A double 😭😭 under your joke means it destroyed him. Genuine sadness usually arrives with more words, not more emojis.
What does 😭 mean in texting?
The maximum-drama crying face now does comedy duty at least as often as sadness. “It's so beautiful 😭” is joy; “I dropped my phone in the toilet 😭” is comedy and sadness at once.
The lowdown
- Category
- Smileys & Emotion › face-concerned
- Codepoints
U+1F62D- Emoji version
- Emoji 0.6
- Shortcodes
:sob:- Keywords
- bawling, cry, crying, face, loudly, sad, sob, tear, tears, unhappy
How it looks across platforms
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Pairs well with
Tap any combo to copy the whole thing.
⚡ Quick round
Which joined the keyboard first — 😭 Loudly Crying Face or 👬 Men Holding Hands?
Runs with a crowd
😭 keeps company in laughing emojis and sad emojis — tap-to-copy sets for when one emoji isn't enough.