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Confounded face

The confounded face emoji, depicted as 😖, features a face with furrowed brows, a slight frown, and eyes that are often looking to the side, conveying a sense of frustration, annoyance, or being overw...

📖 Meaning & Usage

The confounded face emoji, depicted as 😖, features a face with furrowed brows, a slight frown, and eyes that are often looking to the side, conveying a sense of frustration, annoyance, or being overwhelmed. It expresses a mild level of discomfort, confusion, or feeling slightly defeated by a situation. It is not as intensely negative as more overtly sad or angry emojis, but it signals a negative feeling nonetheless. This emoji was introduced in Unicode 6.0 in 2010 and has become a common way to digitally express a variety of negative emotions that fall short of outright anger or sadness. It can also represent a feeling of being overwhelmed with cuteness or affection, though this is a less common usage.

🎯 Usage Contexts

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Expressing mild frustration or annoyance

Ugh, I have so much work to do. 😖

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Conveying confusion or bewilderment

I don't understand these instructions at all. 😖

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Showing discomfort or feeling overwhelmed

This heat is unbearable! 😖

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Responding to something awkward or embarrassing

That was so embarrassing! 😖

📱 Platform Appearances

Confounded face Google Noto emoji Google Noto Apache 2.0
Confounded face Twitter/X emoji Twitter/X CC-BY 4.0
Confounded face Noto Animated emoji Noto Animated Apache 2.0
Confounded face Fluent 3D emoji Fluent 3D MIT
Confounded face OpenMoji emoji OpenMoji CC BY-SA 4.0

ℹ️ All images shown are from open-licensed sources (Apache 2.0, MIT, CC-BY 4.0, CC BY-SA 4.0) and are free to use.

💬 Ready Messages

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I'm so stressed out right now. 😖

This is just too much for me to handle. 😖

I'm so confused! 😖 Can someone help me?

That was incredibly awkward. 😖

This project is killing me 😖

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💡 Usage Tips

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Use sparingly

This emoji can convey negative emotions, so use it thoughtfully to avoid misinterpretation.

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Combine with other emojis

Pair with other emojis to better express the nuance of your emotions. For example, combine with 😂 to show nervous laughter.

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Consider your audience

Be mindful of your audience and the context of the conversation before using this emoji.

💻 Developer Codes

U+1F616
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\1F616
\u{1F616}

🏷️ Keywords

annoyed confounded confused cringe distraught face feels frustrated mad sad