face vomiting

🤮

face vomiting

🤮 face vomiting, usually shown as a yellow face with closed eyes and green vomit pouring from its mouth.

The face vomiting emoji is commonly used for physical illness, nausea, or food poisoning. It can refer to the literal act of being sick or feeling unwell. Because of its intense expression, it is often used to suggest that something is disgusting or repulsive, whether it is a bad smell, a gross photo, or an extremely unpleasant situation.

In chats and captions, you can use it for a literal health update, such as “I think I have the stomach flu 🤮.” For an intense reaction to bad food, you could write “That expired milk smelled so bad 🤮.” In a metaphorical context for an awkward or gross moment, it can also appear in “The sight of that mess was just 🤮.”

  • Your friend sends you a picture of pineapple pizza with mayo on top.

    absolutely not 🤮

Subgroups
Unicode
U+1F92E
Variant status
Fully-qualified
Emoji version
E5.0

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Differences between 🤮 (face vomiting) and 🤢 (nauseated face)

Both show extreme physical reactions to disgust. 🤮 conveys outright revulsion and physical rejection, a moment of being overwhelmed by grossness. 🤢 conveys queasiness and discomfort, a milder bodily response. Its tone is squirmy rather than catastrophic. 🤢 sits in a space of uneasy dislike, signaling aversion without total collapse. The nuance is subtle, with 🤮 declaring a peak reaction and 🤢 keeping the voice queasy and hesitant. Both relate to grossness, yet the latter feels more restrained and unsettled compared with the dramatic intensity of the former.

Usage

You should use 🤮 when reacting to something utterly disgusting or intolerable that prompts a strong, emphatic rejection. You should use 🤢 for milder nausea, queasiness, or cringe-worthy moments where you want to express discomfort without the theatrical vomit imagery.

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