A yellow face with open eyes and a skewed frown, as if scrunching its cheeks or chewing its lips. A look of feeling unsure. An Google’s design heightens its intended puzzlement by including contorted eyebrows.
While it can convey confusion, it is commonly used for moderate sadness, disappointment, and frustration, thanks to its frown.
Samsung previously included raised eyebrows, as did Microsoft along with a rotated S-shaped mouth, à la the :S emoticon.
Confused Face was approved as part of Unicode 6.1 in 2012 and added to Emoji 1.0 in 2015.
The "😕" emote, also known as the "Confused Face" emote, is a yellow face with raised eyebrows and a slightly downturned mouth, indicating confusion or uncertainty. It is often used in text messages, social media posts, and online forums to express confusion, bewilderment, or perplexity about a situation or statement.
- "I'm not sure if I'm ready for this big change. 😕 It's making me nervous and confused."
- "I'm not sure if this is the right decision, but I'm hopeful that it will work out in the end. 😕"
- "I can't believe she said that to me. 😕 Did I do something wrong?" Show More
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