Slightly Frowning Face
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Slight Frown·Mildly Sad
Disappointed Face·Small Frown·Minor Sad
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About
The Slightly Frowning Face emoji (🙁) is the master of understated disappointment—when you're not devastated enough for full crying face but definitely not okay with how things went. It's the digital equivalent of that little sigh you make when your favorite coffee shop runs out of oat milk, perfectly capturing that gentle deflation we all feel multiple times a day.
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- Smileys & Emotion
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When to use 🙁
- →Responding to minor bad news like cancelled plans
- →Expressing mild disappointment in group chats
- →Reacting to underwhelming updates or announcements
- →Showing you're slightly bummed without being dramatic
- →Softening criticism or negative feedback
Keywords
slightlyfrowningfacefrownsadsmileysemotion
Related Concepts
disappointedbummed outnot happymild sadnessunderwhelmedletdownmeh feelinggentle sadnesssoft disappointment
Unicode
- Codepoint
- 1F641
- Unicode Version
- 6.1
- Added in Emoji
- 1
Did you know?
This emoji was part of the original Unicode 6.1 release in 2012, making it one of the foundational faces that helped establish the subtle emotional spectrum we rely on today—proving early emoji designers understood we'd need more than just happy and crying.
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