🤢 Nauseated Face Emoji Meaning
The Nauseated Face emoji depicts a green face with puffed cheeks and a look of discomfort. It represents holding back vomit, feeling seasick, or general nausea. It is also used to show disgust ('gross') without being as graphic as the vomiting emoji.
Chat examples
Feeling Sick:
Person A: Do you want some lunch?
Person B: No, my stomach is turning 🤢
Disgust:
Person A: Look at this mold I found in the fridge.
Person B: Please don't show me that 🤢
Nervousness:
Person A: Are you ready for your speech?
Person B: I'm so nervous I feel sick 🤢
How people use this emoji
- I shouldn't have ridden that rollercoaster 🤢
- The smell in here is awful 🤢
- I feel a bit green around the gills today 🤢
Fun fact
This emoji is colloquially known as the 'Green Face.' It draws on the cartoon trope that characters turn green right before they get sick.
Frequently asked questions
What does the 🤢 Green Face emoji mean?
It means nausea, motion sickness, or disgust. It signifies 'I feel like I'm going to throw up.'
Is 🤢 less severe than 🤮?
Yes. 🤢 implies you *might* throw up, while 🤮 implies it is already happening.
Can 🤢 mean envy?
While the idiom is 'green with envy,' this specific emoji looks too sick to represent jealousy. The 💚 Green Heart is better for envy.
Does 🤢 mean 'gross'?
Yes, it is often used to react to something unpleasant, like a bad smell, a gross bug, or dirty laundry.
Why does the 🤢 emoji have puffed cheeks?
The puffed cheeks indicate the physical act of holding back vomit in the mouth.
When was the nauseated face added?
It was added in Unicode 9.0 (2016).
Is 🤢 used for seasickness?
Yes, it is the standard emoji for car sickness, seasickness, or airsickness.
What emojis pair well with 🤢?
Face Vomiting 🤮 and Dizzy Face 😵.
Emoji meaning in detail
The Nauseated Face emoji 🤢 features a sickly green complexion, concerned eyes, and tightly pursed lips. It captures the exact moment of 'trying to keep it down.'
It is effectively used to communicate physical illness without being overly graphic.
Real-life usage scenarios
Used during flu season to update friends on health status.
Used when discussing gross topics like garbage, mold, or insects.
Used metaphorically when hearing bad news that makes you 'sick to your stomach'.
How this emoji affects tone and emotion
This emoji adds a tone of discomfort and unease.
It signals that the user is not having a good time.
Professional vs casual usage
In casual settings, it is a standard health update emoji.
In professional settings, it is acceptable to use when explaining why you need to leave work early due to illness.
When to use
Use this when you feel queasy, when something smells bad, or when you are disgusted but not quite vomiting.
When not to use
Avoid using it to describe a person, as saying someone makes you 'nauseous' is a severe insult.
Common mistakes and misuse
Using it to mean 'envy' (green with envy) often confuses people, as it looks like you are physically ill.
Unicode and technical information
Unicode name: NAUSEATED FACE
Unicode version: Unicode 9.0
Code point: U+1F922
Shortcodes: :nauseated_face:
Platform appearance
All platforms color the face green. Apple's version has a more realistic 'queasy' expression, while Google's looks slightly more worried.