frowning face ☹️ - OzVoca Emoji Details
frowning face
With downturned corners of the mouth, this frowning face shows sadness or disappointment. You can use it when you're not in a good mood.
This emoji gives off a feeling of being quietly upset rather than crying loudly. You can send it with a comforting heart when something you hoped for didn't work out, or when you hear a friend's sad news.
It expresses the opposite emotion of the smiling emoji (🙂) and comes directly from the early text emoticon ':( '. It carries a stronger nuance of mild displeasure, concern, or regret rather than intense anger or despair.
Unlike other sad emojis (😭, 😢), it has no tears, allowing for more subtle emotional expression. This makes it very useful for conveying concern or empathy without being overbearing. It's often used as a reaction to an unfortunate situation, like "Oh no, that's terrible ☹️."