Emoji dictionary
馃槥 Disappointed Face emoji
[dis-uh-poin-tid feys ih-moh-jee]
What does 馃槥 Disappointed Face emoji mean?
It’s a bit of a bummer, but the disappointed face emoji,聽馃槥, expresses varying degrees of sadness and disappointment.
People use it for everything from when a beloved friend passes away to when they couldn’t get tickets to the Beyonc茅 concert聽馃槥.
Where does 馃槥 Disappointed Face emoji come from?
罢丑别听disappointed face聽was added to Unicode 6.0 in 2010. On most platforms, it appears as a yellow face frowning with closed eyes and eyebrows furrowed in sadness. It may be confused with the聽pensive face聽emoji, 馃様, which is very similar but has more expressive eyebrows and a flatter mouth. It might also be mistaken for the聽slightly frowning face聽emoji, 馃檨, which doesn’t have eyebrows and seems to be saying Eep!
On some platforms, when you type in :(, it will auto-supply the disappointed face emoji. That makes it one of the most commonly used emoji, essentially used as a go-to sad face, as the emoji is indeed sometimes called. The disappointed face聽emoji is used to add tone and subtext to messages on social media or texts that could otherwise come off as flat or harsh. For example, “there’s nothing I can do 馃槥” feels much more helpless with the disappointed face emoji.
Very few things more disheartening than eating at a mediocre barbecue place that the owners clearly think is a great barbecue place 馃槥
— Dad (@fivefifths)
Examples of 馃槥 Disappointed Face emoji
Who uses 馃槥 Disappointed Face emoji?
The disappointed face emoji is used in text-messaging and social media to express degrees of sadness and disappointment, from earnest somberness to ironic frustration. It is so expressive that it can be sent on its own to express those feeling without any accompanying message.
罢丑别听disappointed face聽emoji can be used to express grief over something very terrible鈥攁 death, a medical emergency, or another major life event.
RIP to Jim Neidhart! 馃槥 Sending all my love to and at this sad time. 鈾ワ笍
— PAIGE (@RealPaigeWWE)
Hi Tweeple, if I'm not about for a while, forgive me. My elderly Mum is very unwell in hospital 馃槰 she's 90, they'd operate on younger, fitter person, but she's so, very, very frail 馃槥
— Mrs. 馃尮 (@Unwellinbed)
However, the聽disappointed face聽emoji can also be used to convey annoyance or dismay for more minor things, like not being able to find your favorite brand of ice cream at a store … or not getting laid.
I am critically horny rn 馃槥
— 鈽呪槅鈽� ][搂@隆/-|~|鈽嗏槅鈽� (@YuhBoiClove)
I just want someone to go to the twilight 10 year anniversary with me and my frends will not answer me馃槥
— lamondre (@ewwlamondre)
Tayo 馃檪, I鈥檓 fine.
I鈥檓 jus stressed 馃槥— 馃巰Say-Say馃巰 (@Im_Cutesunshine)
Whatever the degree, the聽disappointed face聽emoji is a go-to emoji for sorrow and let-downs in digital communication.
OMG I just wanna go to Oslo and meet my favorite persons in the whole world 馃槥馃槥馃槥
— carolina #EleN茫o (@EksettAdrian)
Note
This is not meant to be a formal definition of 馃槥 Disappointed Face emoji like most terms we define on 亚洲网紅露点, but is rather an informal word summary that hopefully touches upon the key aspects of the meaning and usage of 馃槥 Disappointed Face emoji that will help our users expand their word mastery.