🤭️ Face with hand over mouth emoji

A face with wide eyes and a hand covering the mouth, expressing surprise, shock, embarrassment, or the realization of saying something inappropriate. This emoji conveys the "oops" moment when someone has spoken out of turn or revealed something they shouldn't have.

Can also represent gasping in surprise or trying to stifle laughter. Related to 🤫 Shushing face for deliberate silence and 😱 Face screaming in fear for more intense shock reactions.

Could also be called Oops face, whispering face, hand over mouth, gasping face or secretive face emoji.

Other meanings

Whispering secrets, gossiping, being secretive, or covering up a mistake. Sometimes used to represent "speaking behind someone's back" or sharing confidential information.

Example Usage

I cannot believe I just said that 🤭

Related emoji

Embarrassed emojis

• 🫠️ Melting face
• 🫢️ Face with open eyes and hand over mouth
• 🫣️ Face with peeking eye
• 😳️ Flushed face

Hands emojis

• 🤗️ Smiling face with open hands
• 🤫️ Shushing face
• 🤔️ Thinking face
• 🫡️ Saluting face

Happy emojis

• 😀️ Grinning face
• 😃️ Grinning face with big eyes
• 😄️ Grinning face with smiling eyes
• 😁️ Beaming face with smiling eyes

Laughing emojis

• 🤣️ Rolling on the floor laughing
• 😂️ Face with tears of joy

Rosy Cheeks emojis

• 😊️ Smiling face with smiling eyes
• 🥰️ Smiling face with hearts
• ☺️ Smiling face
• 😚️ Kissing face with closed eyes

Visual description

Often shown as a round, yellow face with wide, surprised eyes and one hand (usually the right hand) covering or positioned over the mouth, as if caught saying something inappropriate or gasping in surprise.

⚠️ Emoji appearance varies by platform.