😧️ Anguished face emoji

A face experiencing extreme emotional distress or anguish, with tightly closed eyes and a deeply pained expression.

This emoji represents intense emotional suffering, mental anguish, or being overwhelmed by difficult circumstances. Often used during highly stressful situations, emotional breakdowns, or when feeling tormented by problems.

Related to other distressed faces like 😰 Anxious face with sweat and 😱 Face screaming in fear.

Could also be called Anguished expression, suffering face or tormented face emoji.

Other meanings

Extreme distress, suffering, torment, agony

Example Usage

This test is causing me so much anguish right now 😧

Related emoji

Emotional distress emojis

• 😨️ Fearful face
• 😰️ Anxious face with sweat
• 😱️ Face screaming in fear
• 😖️ Confounded face

Shock emojis

• 🫢️ Face with open eyes and hand over mouth
• 🫣️ Face with peeking eye
• 😐️ Neutral face
• 😮‍💨 Face exhaling

Visual description

A round, yellow face with tightly closed eyes, deeply frowning mouth, and an expression of intense emotional suffering or anguish.

⚠️ Emoji appearance varies by platform.