frowning face
Unicode: 2639 FE0F
Description
A yellow circular face with a frowning mouth, eyebrows slanting downwards indicating sadness or disappointment, and an 'X' shape prominently featured across its eyes, symbolizing death, incapacitation, or being knocked out.
Group:
Smileys & Emotion > face-concerned
Status:
fully-qualified
Emotion:
Commonly expresses extreme disappointment, frustration, anger, death, or being speechless/speechless with anger. Can also imply being 'dead' from exhaustion or laughter, though less frequently.
Backstory
The 'Face With X Eyes' emoji was approved as part of Unicode 6.0 in 2010 and added to Emoji 1.0 in 2015. It visually represents the trope in cartoons and comics where X's replace eyes to indicate being knocked out, dead, or severely dazed, making it a powerful visual for various negative or extreme states.
Usage Examples
- Expressing extreme disappointment: 'My internet is down again 1️2639 FE0F'
- Indicating exhaustion: 'I'm dead after that workout 1️2639 FE0F'
- Reacting to something terrible: 'I just watched the most cringy video 1️2639 FE0F'
- Playfully dramatic: 'My diet starts tomorrow, but this cake... 1️2639 FE0F'
Cultural Differences
Western culture:
Frequently used to denote death, extreme exasperation, or being 'killed' (e.g., by laughter or cuteness).
East Asian culture:
Similar usage, often signifying utter defeat, being 'knocked out' by a situation, or expressing deep despair in a more exaggerated, cartoonish way.