Tired face whines about being done — brows raised, eyes scrunched, mouth open in a groan. It's the complaint emoji for running on empty after a long stretch, one notch lighter than its more wrecked-looking neighbor, weary face.
What 😫 means
A yellow emoji with furrowed up eyebrows, scrunched in eyes, and a big, open, downwardly curved mouth with the top teeth visible. As the name suggests, this emoji refers to tiredness and exhaustion.
The 😫 Tired Face emoji is very similar to the 😩 Weary Face emoji, the only difference is the eyebrows. The eyebrows are significant to the change in emotion in this emoji - they suggest feelings of being worn out, groaning in pain and exhaustion, and whining about being so tired.
How and when to use it
- Use it while telling about being fed up about someone or something in your life.
- If someone's been nagging you about the same old thing, send this emoji as a way of telling them that you're sick and tired of hearing or rather reading the same thing over and over again.
- Send this emoji to show mental or physical exhaustion.
- If you're reaching a point of absolute burn out; at work, home, or life in general, and you're sharing this deep agony with someone, send this emoji in that context.
- You can also use this emoji while talking about something annoying that's been happening every day, like the neighbor's dog barking all night at the street lamp.
Other Names
- 😫 Fed Up
- 😫 Tired
- 😫 Sick and Tired
- 😫 Exhausted
- 😫 Burned Out
- 😫 Groaning
- 😫 Whining
- 😫 Distraught Face
- 😫 Breaking Down
- 😫 Broken
😫 in real conversations
What does 😫 mean from a girl?
Overwhelmed and over it — more frustration than sleepiness, the face for “I can't even” after one thing too many goes wrong in a day. “Finals week 😫” is the classic complaint.
What does 😫 mean in texting?
“I can't” — stress, frustration, or being pushed past the limit. It's a step past annoyed and into genuinely worn down, whether the cause is work, drama, or just a long day.
What's the difference between 😫 and 😩?
They look nearly identical, but 😫 skews toward stress and frustration while 😩 has drifted into exasperation and even attraction. In casual texting most people reach for either one interchangeably anyway.
The lowdown
- Category
- Smileys & Emotion › face-concerned
- Codepoints
U+1F62B- Emoji version
- Emoji 0.6
- Shortcodes
:tired_face:- Keywords
- cost, face, feels, nap, sad, sneeze, tired
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 — 😫 Tired Face or 🇨🇺 Flag: Cuba?
Runs with a crowd
😫 keeps company in sad emojis — tap-to-copy sets for when one emoji isn't enough.