🫪 Distorted Face

🫪 Distorted Face is one of the worried faces in Unicode's Smileys & Emotion group. Typical contexts are anxiety, bloated, panic and shocked. The keyword list continues with surprised and vulnerable.

You can drop 🫪 into chats, social posts, headlines or a bio. On SmileyZone it is filed under Emotions and Feelings. The character has been part of the standard since 2025 (Emoji 17.0). On older phones and operating systems it may still show as an empty box. Its code point is U+1FAEA.

• A single 🫪 is often enough to set the tone.
• Fits messages about anxiety, bloated, panic and shocked.
• Often seen near 😲 Astonished Face, 🥺 Pleading Face and 😳 Flushed Face.

• 🫪😰 – Distorted Face and Anxious Face with Sweat
• 🫪😲 – Distorted Face with Astonished Face
• 🫪😨 – Distorted Face plus Fearful Face
• 🫪😦 – Distorted Face and Frowning Face with Open Mouth
• 🫪🥺 – Distorted Face with Pleading Face
• 🫪☹️ – Distorted Face plus Frowning Face
• 🫪🥹 – Distorted Face and Face Holding Back Tears
• 🫪😧 – Distorted Face with Anguished Face

Easy to mix up with 😲 Astonished Face, 🥺 Pleading Face or 😳 Flushed Face. They sit in the same Unicode subgroup and look similar at small sizes, so it is worth checking the name before sending.