The use of emojis makes discussions less robotic, and brings dynamism, meaning and tone to every sentence. What's more, emoticons ensure that messages are interpreted accurately, and allow feelings to be expressed, however good or bad they may be. There's no doubt that these little faces and symbols make social networking easier.
In this article, we'll detail the meanings of the 😖 bewildered face emoji, the usage as well as the characteristics of this smiley.
The meaning and uses of this emoji 😖
This emoji is one of the smileys that express feelings belonging to the register of annoyance. It is represented with closed eyes in the shape of a cross, under two drooping eyebrows and a mouth crumpled in a zigzag pattern.
- This emoticon's entire face features a air of tension, of frustration, of dissatisfaction and of boredom.
- It can also translate theimpotence and theimpatience following a situation which is unpleasant enough, but which lasts over time, such as when you have to do something you don't like or a laborious task for long hours.
- It can also express the distress, I'irritation.
In short, the following emojis can express the meaning of the bewildered emoji, and it can also pair with these smileys:
- The 🥱 emoji to express your boredom = 😖 + 🥱
- The 😠 emoji to express your anger = 😖+ 😠
- The 😒 emoji to express your annoyance = 😖 + 😒
- The 😤 emoji to illustrate your impatience : 😖 + 😤
- The 😣 emoji to illustrate distress = 😖 + 😣
This smiley can be used in several sentences, such as the following:
- I'm fed up 😖!
- I'm tired, I can't wait for this to end 😖.
- When is it going to stop 😖?
- I don't think I'm going to be able to last any longer 😖.
- I want to go home, I'm bored 😖.
Origin of this emoji 😖
This emoji is from a 2007 and 2009 proposal, the details of which are presented below:
Proposal number 1
- Number : L2/07-257
- Last name : Working Draft Proposal for Encoding Emoji Symbols (Associated tables in ZIP file)
- Proposed by : Markus Scherer, Kat Momoi, Mark Davis,
- Year of proposal: 2007
- Number of emojis belonging to the same proposal: 753
- Case : No.257, 2007 HTML: EMOJI WD / No.257, 2007 ZIP: EMOJI WD TABLE
Proposal number 2
- Number : L2/09-026
- Last name : Emoji Symbols Proposed for New Encoding
- Proposed by : Kat Momoi, Markus Scherer, Mark Davis, Yasuo Kida, Peter Edberg (Apple Inc.), Darick Tong (Google Inc.)
- Year of proposal: 2009
- Number of emojis belonging to the same proposal: 753
- Case : No.026, 2009 PDF: R EMOJI PROPOSED / No.026, 2009 PDF: EMOJI PROPOSED
Proposal L2/07‑257(2007), L2/09‑026(2009) was approved by the Unicode Consortium and in 2015-06-02 it was released as Emoji version 1.0.
The characteristics of this emoji 😖
The facial expression conveyed by this emoji revolves around annoyance and boredom. It may have some features in common with emoticons that express annoyance, but also has its own characteristics, such as the following:
| Version | 1.0 (2015-06-09) |
| Usual name | baffled face |
| Category | 😂 Smileys and Emotions |
| Sub-category | worried-face |
| Apple designation | confused face |
| code point | U+1F616 Copy |
| Decimal | ALT+128534 |
| unicode | 6.0 (2010-10-11) |
| Key words | Face-baffled |
| Other names | · Horrified Face Emoji;
· Annoyed Face Emoji; · Exasperated face emoji; Angry Face Emoji. |
For example, the smiley 😖 can be used in your messages to let your interlocutor know that you're about to have a nervous breakdown, that you can't take it anymore, that you're exhausted or even annoyed, a bit like the 😫 emoji.
