What does 😧 Anguished Face mean?
Furrowed brows and an open, downturned mouth give this face a look of anguish. It expresses distress and dismay, the sinking horror of realizing something has gone badly wrong. Forgotten deadlines, alarming surprises and genuinely bad news all fit. It is more intense than 😦 and suggests real worry rather than a passing disappointment.
😧 Anguished Face is an emoji from the Smileys & Emotion category (concerned faces), added in Emoji 1.0 in 2015. People use it in messages about forgot, scared, scary, stressed, surprise and unhappy.
Example messages
😧 Anguished Face on Apple, Google, Microsoft & more
The code is the same everywhere, but every company draws its own artwork. This is how Anguished Face looks on each platform.
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Anguished Face emoji: questions & answers
How do I copy and paste the Anguished Face emoji?
Press the Copy button at the top of this page and 😧 is copied to your clipboard. Then paste it anywhere with Ctrl+V, Cmd+V or a long press on your phone. In Slack, Discord and GitHub you can also type the shortcode :anguished:.
When was the Anguished Face emoji added?
😧 Anguished Face was added in Emoji 1.0, released in 2015. It is supported on all current versions of iOS, Android, Windows and macOS.
Why does 😧 look different on my phone?
Every platform draws its own artwork for Anguished Face. The underlying code (U+1F627) is the same everywhere, so the person you send it to always gets the same emoji, just in their device’s style. Compare the designs in the platform section above.