The frowning face with open mouth is the universal “oh no…” reaction—like you just realized your mic’s been on this entire Zoom call. It lands between disappointment and a soft gasp: not full-on scream, not tears, just a worried little whoops. People drop it for mini disasters (typo in your bio, card declined, spoiler you didn’t want) and for polite cringe or sympathetic winces. In texts and memes, it reads as “yikes,” “soft panic,” or “I messed up but gently.” It also does numbers as sarcastic drama when something minor goes wrong: forgot my coffee? Tragic, clearly.
Definition
A face with round eyes and wide downturned gapping mouth. This is the standard frowning face for emoji. The emoji is not a happy camper and is not afraid to hide it.
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Emoji History The emoji code/ image log of changes.
This emoji first appeared in OSX / iOS after the iOS 6 update.
