Meaning
A face showing intense frustration, distress, or feeling overwhelmed.
Category: Smileys & Emotion
😖confounded face
😖 confounded face belongs to Smileys & Emotion. Copy it instantly, review its aliases and codepoints, and explore related emojis from the same set.
Aliases
:confounded:
Keywords
annoyedconfoundedconfusedcringedistraughtfacefeelsfrustratedmadsadconfounded face
What does 😖 confounded face mean?
The confounded face typically represents a mix of frustration, sadness, and feeling overwhelmed. It is often used to express distress when a situation is going wrong or when someone feels at their wits' end. Depending on context, it can also convey a sense of cringing or being deeply annoyed.
Often used for
- Reacting to a stressful or overwhelming situation
- Expressing frustration when things keep going wrong
- Showing a mix of sadness and anger
- Conveying a cringing or deeply uncomfortable feeling
Tone: This emoji leans heavier on distress and frustration than simple anger. It can sometimes be mistaken for just crying, but the scrunched eyes and mouth usually imply a more active, agonized frustration.
Illustrative message examples with 😖
These examples are illustrative, not observed messages.
- i've been trying to fix this bug for 3 hours 😖
- my car broke down again 😖
- just got my test grade back 😖
- the wifi went out right in the middle of my meeting 😖
- why did i think watching that horror movie alone was a good idea 😖
Combos, text art & scenes with 😖
How 😖 confounded face looks
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😖 confounded face codes for developers
Every format below produces 😖 — click Copy on the one your stack needs.
| Emoji | 😖 | |
|---|---|---|
| Unicode codepoints | U+1F616 | |
| HTML (decimal) | 😖 | |
| HTML (hex) | 😖 | |
| CSS | \1F616 | |
| JavaScript | \u{1F616} | |
| JSON | \uD83D\uDE16 | |
| URL encoded | %F0%9F%98%96 | |
| Shortcode (GitHub) | :confounded: | |
| Emoticon | x( | |
| Emoticon | X( |
😖 in other languages
Spanishcara de frustraciónFrenchvisage déconcertéGermanverwirrtes GesichtItalianfaccina frustrataPortugueserosto perplexoRussianв растерянностиJapanese困惑した顔Korean당혹한 얼굴Chinese困惑Lithuaniansuglumintas veidasPolishzakłopotana twarz
Source: Unicode CLDR
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