The anxious face with sweat is the digital "I can explain" faceβcold-sweat vibes for when something goes sideways but you're not in full meltdown. Perfect for deadline doom, a typo in a viral post, the boss pinging 'got a minute?', or when your phone slips, cartwheels, and somehow survives. It channels the same energy as the Key & Peele sweating meme and the 'hands shaky' tweets. People send it earnestly for pre-exam jitters, first-date butterflies, or waiting-room nerves, and ironically to exaggerate tiny dramas like 'they left me on read for four minutes'. In group chats it softens bad news with self-deprecating humor, and in flirty texts it signals 'nervous-excited but trying to play it cool'.
On Apple/iOS, this face stares straight ahead with a cool blue gradient flooding the forehead, wide round eyes, and a small open frown shaped like an 'o'. A single oversized, glassy sweat drop clings to the left temple, with shiny highlights that make it look freshly formed. The raised brows and chilly tint telegraph 'cold sweat'βnot gym sweatβso donβt mix it up with the grinning-with-sweat π or the tired π, or the sad-but-relieved π₯. Online, it captions 'me after sending a risky text' or 'me when Zoom auto-enables my camera' with instantly recognizable panic. Expect dramatic, awkward, and slightly theatrical anxietyβbasically a polite panic squeezed into a yellow circle.
Definition
A smiling face with round open eyes, slightly open mouth, eyebrows and a single drop of cold sweat. This emoji is nervous and scared.
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Emoji History The emoji code/ image log of changes.
This emoji was part of the proprietary / non-standardized emoji set first introduced by Japanese carriers like Softbank. These emojis became part of the Apple iPhone starting in iOS 2.2 as an unlockable feature on handsets sold in English speaking countries.
In iOS 5 / OSX 10.7, the underlying code that the Apple OS generates for this emoji was changed.
Emoji General Information
Twitter Emoji Popularity (Rank)
104 of 2393
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ASCII Conversion
"Short Code" Name
:cold_sweat:
Keywords
Sweat, Exasperated, Frustrated
Previous Names:
Face with Open Mouth and Cold Sweat
Unicode Category Information
Unicode Category
Emoticons
Unicode Range
1F600β1F64F
Unicode Subcategory
Faces
Editorial Comment
Exasperated Face. iEmoji old name: Feeling blue, crying, depressed.
Proposed Unicode Information & Notes
Unicode Category
Faces and Smiley's
Unicode Subcategory
Faces
Names & Annotations
FACE WITH OPEN MOUTH AND COLD SWEAT Old name: EXASPERATED FACE Temporary Notes: Exasperated, frustrated, impatient (sweating)
