😔 is called "Pensive Face". Its official Unicode name is pensive face.

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😔 Pensive Face

Downcast eyes – quiet sadness, disappointment or regret.

🥹 Emotions & Feelings since 2010 · Unicode 6.0

💡 Meaning

😔 Pensive Face looks down with a small frown. It is understated sadness rather than crying: disappointment, tiredness, or a heaviness that does not need explaining.

📱 Typical Usage

Often used to soften bad news about yourself, or to acknowledge someone else's difficult message without saying much.

✍️ Usage Examples

Did not get it 😔

📈 Trends & Pop Culture

In messages around awful, bored, dejected, died and disappointed, 😔 is a common shorthand. In the wiki it sits in the Emotions & Feelings category.

🔗 Popular Combinations

😔😴 – Pensive Face and Sleeping Face
😔😪 – Pensive Face with Sleepy Face
😔😌 – Pensive Face plus Relieved Face
😔🤤 – Pensive Face and Drooling Face
😔🫩 – Pensive Face with Face with Bags Under Eyes

⚠️ Confusion Risk

Easy to mix up with 😴 Sleeping Face, 😪 Sleepy Face or 😌 Relieved Face. They look alike but do not mean the same thing – when in doubt, check the name.

🔄 Similar Emojis

Face with Bags Under Eyes

🏷️ Keywords

awful bored dejected died disappointed face losing lost pensive pensive face sad sucks