😯 Meaning: What does the stunned face emoji mean?

The 😯 emoji expresses astonishment, annoyance or a state of shock, making it possible in particular to react to content that leaves you speechless. But depending on the context, its meaning may vary surprise, confusion, concern, sympathy or empathy, disbelief, awe and incomprehension. Here's everything you need to know about the 😯 emoji and its uses.

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😯 Meaning and some examples of use of the amazed emoji

This emoji is called "stunned face emoji", belonging to the family of smileys that express annoyance, but also astonishment. In the subgroup he belongs to, there are two emojis that almost look like him, which are the stunned face emoji 😲 and the surprised face emoji 😮.

He takes on the appearance of a slightly shocked face with oval eyes, raised eyebrows, and a round open mouth. The face presents a somewhat frozen, upset, incredulous and shocked look. Sometimes this emoji can also express a worried face after receiving a message about a friend or relative in an unpleasant situation.

In general, the surprised face emoji is used to express:

• The surprise ;
• L'state of shock ;
• The confusion ;
• The annoyance ;
• L'concern ;
• The sympathy ;
• L'empathy.

Here are some examples of the use of the surprised face emoji in messages, whether on Messenger, on WhatsApp, on Twitter, or on another network:

• She really used your phone without your permission 😯?
• Why did you do that?
• Tell me what happened 😯.
• Is she okay 😯?
• Oh, the poor 😯.

Origin of the amazed emoji

The emoji 😯 belongs to the same proposal as the emoji 😮 and 12 others from the number L2/10-142 of the year 2010. We give you the details of this proposal below:

• Proposal number: L2/10-142
• Proposal name: Summary of directory for future amendment of ISO/IEC 10646:2011 (WG2 N3834)
• Proposed by : Michael Suignard
• Year of proposal: 2010
• Number of emojis belonging to the same proposal: 13
• Proposal file : No.142, 2010 PDF: N3834

This proposal of the 😯 emoji was therefore presented in 2010 and was approved by the Unicode Consortium, then it was published as Emoji version 1.0 on 2015-06-09.

Characteristics of the amazed smiley

This smiley is similar to the spiral-eyed face emoji 😵 in the register of amazement and astonishment. This stunned little yellow face reflects the discomfort that follows an upheaval of emotions or shock after seeing extraordinary content, whether good or bad, or after receiving a message that leaves people in confusion, misunderstanding. , or disbelief.

Use the smiley 😯 when replying to a message that shocked you or made you worried, that you can't understand, or in your comments on content that leaves you in awe.