😬
Smileys & Emotion
grimacing face emoji
Teeth clenched in a wince — awkward, uncomfortable, or cringing. Used when something went wrong, when you said the wrong thing, or when a situation is just painfully tense.
Unicode data
| Character | 😬 |
| Codepoint | U+1F62C |
| Unicode name | GRIMACING FACE |
| Added in | Unicode 1.0 |
| Category | Smileys & Emotion |
| Subcategory | face-neutral-skeptical |
| HTML entity | 😬 |
| Shortcode | :grimacing: |
Platform support
Apple / iOS✓ Supported
Google / Android✓ Supported
Twitter / X (Twemoji)✓ Supported
Platform designs vary — the same codepoint renders differently on iOS, Android, and web. Twemoji is the open-source reference used on this site (CC BY 4.0).
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