Side Eye Emoji Emoji 😒
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What does the side eye emoji emoji mean?
A yellow face with a slightly frowning mouth and eyes looking to the side. Conveys skepticism, disapproval, or suspicion.
How to use 😒
- Expressing skepticism or doubt
- Showing disapproval or annoyance
- Judging someone's actions
- Reacting to something questionable
- Being suspicious or wary
Side eye Unicode and name
The face most people send as a 'side eye' is the Unamused Face 😒, Unicode U+1F612, emoji version 0.6, part of the standard since Unicode 6.0 in 2010. For a more skeptical, lips-to-one-side look, newer keyboards add the Face with Diagonal Mouth 🫤 (U+1FAE4, emoji version 14.0, released September 14, 2021 — over a decade after 😒), while a literal pair of Eyes 👀 (U+1F440) is often used to mean 'I'm watching this'.
The skeptical-face family, oldest to newest
- 😒 Unamused Face — U+1F612, 2010 (Unicode 6.0): the original 'side eye', a flat judging stare.
- 🙄 Face with Rolling Eyes — U+1F644, 2015 (Unicode 8.0): more theatrical exasperation; largely took over 😒's old role as the default sarcasm reaction on Twitter/X.
- 🫤 Face with Diagonal Mouth — U+1FAE4, 2021 (Unicode 14.0): the newest of the three, built specifically for a 'meh, not convinced' expression that's softer than either of the older two.
Side eye vs not impressed
- Side eye 😒: passive and skeptical — you doubt what was just said but aren't confronting it.
- Not impressed (￣^￣): flatter and more direct — you're underwhelmed and want them to know.
- Text faces with the same energy: ¬_¬ (suspicious), (¬‿¬) (smug side glance).
Where the side eye shows up
On TikTok and X, the side eye is the go-to reaction to a humble-brag, a sketchy claim, or a 'tell me you didn't' moment — usually dropped as a single 😒 or 👀 in the comments with no other words. In group chats it softens a callout: you flag that you noticed without starting an argument. Historically 😒 was a top-tier emoji: it ranked among Twitter's six most-used emoji around 2013. Its share has since faded as 🙄 (Rolling Eyes) and 😐 (Neutral Face) took over much of the same 'I don't buy it' territory — a reminder that even meaning-stable emoji go in and out of fashion the way slang does.
Platform render: iOS, Android, Windows and Slack
Apple draws 😒 with a subtle, glossy sideways glance and a nearly flat mouth; Google's Noto Emoji (its post-2017 flat redesign) gives it rounder, more cartoonish proportions; Samsung's version has historically leaned more exaggerated, though recent One UI releases have softened that gap. On Windows 11, Microsoft's Fluent emoji shows a plain 2D face in the OS shell but a glossier 3D version inside Teams and Office. Slack complicates things further: it shows Apple's rendering to teammates on Mac/iOS and Google's Noto rendering to everyone on Windows, Linux or Android — so the exact same 😒 you sent can look meaningfully different to different people in the same channel.
Related searches
unamused face · skeptical emoji · judging emoji · suspicious face
FAQ
What does the side eye emoji mean?
The side eye emoji 😒 signals skepticism, mild disapproval or 'I don't quite believe you'. It's a passive, judging look rather than open anger.
Is 😒 the same as the eyes 👀 emoji?
No. 😒 (Unamused Face) is a judging, unconvinced expression. 👀 (Eyes) just means 'I'm watching' or 'look at this'. People use both for side-eye energy, but 👀 is curiosity and 😒 is disapproval.
What's the difference between 😒, 🙄 and 🫤?
All three read as skeptical or unimpressed, but they arrived a decade apart and carry slightly different tones: 😒 (2010) is a flat, judging side eye; 🙄 (2015) is a more theatrical eye-roll; 🫤 (2021) is the softest of the three, closer to 'meh, not convinced' than open disapproval.
Why did people stop using the side eye emoji as much?
😒 was one of Twitter's top emoji around 2013, but newer alternatives like 🙄 (Face with Rolling Eyes) gradually took over the same 'I'm skeptical' niche, the way slang words cycle in and out of use.