Used when someone’s furious — like “I’m so mad I’m swearing.” The symbols replace curse words, showing intense anger, shock, or outrage.
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My Wi-Fi just died again 🤬
🤬
- Groups
- Subgroups
- Unicode
- U+1F92C
- Variant status
- Fully-qualified
- Emoji version
- E5.0
face with symbols on mouth
Definitions & examples
In memes or group chats, 🤬 is sometimes used jokingly — more “I’m pretending to rage” than actual fury. It’s a cartoonish “#$@!” moment people use to vent frustration in a funny or exaggerated way.
In Filipino and broader Southeast Asian chats, 🤬 often expresses exaggerated frustration rather than actual swearing — more like “I’m losing my mind but still laughing through the pain.”
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Differences between 🤬 (face with symbols on mouth) and 😡 (enraged face)
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Both 🤬 face with symbols on mouth and 😡 enraged face convey intense anger and emotional upset, signaling to readers that someone feels strongly negative; both can express outrage, shock, or a reaction to wrongdoing, and both function as emphatic, nonverbal cues in messages. The key difference is tone and explicitness: 🤬 face with symbols on mouth reads as explosive, profane, and unabashedly furious—perfect for moments of rage, cursing, or when you want to dramatize an impulsive outburst—whereas 😡 enraged face is more controlled, sulky, and resentful, suitable when anger comes with frustration, disappointment, or a feeling of being wronged rather than an all-out verbal assault; use 😡 to convey simmering indignation or stern displeasure rather than the raw, expletive-laden fury implied by 🤬.
Usage
Use 🤬 when you are conveying an immediate, explosive fury or want to indicate swearing and outright outrage. Use 😡 when you want to express strong anger that leans toward frustration, sulkiness, or a sense of being wronged.
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