😱️ Face screaming in fear emoji
HTML
😱
Unicode
U+1F631
What is 😱️ called?
😱️ is called the Face screaming in fear emoji.
Often shortened to scream face or terrified face. “Munch face” refers to its visual resemblance to the figure in Edvard Munch’s The Scream, not to eating.
What does 😱️ mean?
😱 conveys a scream caused by fear, shock, horror, or astonishing news. It works for frightening scenes, sudden surprises, disastrous mistakes, and deliberately exaggerated “I cannot believe it” reactions.
The hands on the cheeks and elongated mouth are often compared with the central figure in Edvard Munch’s painting The Scream. It is much more theatrical than 😨 Fearful face, which shows fear without the full screaming pose.
Other meanings
Terror, panic, a jump scare, extreme surprise, or comic alarm. It can react to something impressive or expensive as readily as something genuinely frightening.
Example Usage
Something moved behind me in the dark 😱
You paid how much for those tickets? 😱
More details
Officially named face screaming in fear. Its code point is U+1F631, and this project records it from Emoji 1.0. Choose it for theatrical terror or shock; 😨 Fearful face and 😰 Anxious face with sweat communicate quieter fear and anxiety.
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Visual description
A face with wide pale eyes, raised brows, a long open mouth, and hands pressed against both cheeks. Many designs fade from blue at the forehead into yellow below.
The frozen, hands-to-face pose creates the scream. Colour and hand position vary by platform, but the shocked eyes and vertically open mouth remain consistent.
⚠️ Emoji appearance varies by platform.
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