🙂‍↔️
Unicode
U+1F642 U+200D U+2194 U+FE0F
Variant status
Fully-qualified
Emoji version
E15.1

head shaking horizontally

Definitions & examples

Shows polite disagreement or gentle refusal — like saying “not really” or “nah” without sounding harsh. It’s a calm, friendly way to push back or express doubt.

  • Your friend insists pineapple on pizza is the best combo ever.

    I’ll have to disagree 🙂‍↔️

  • Your friend says Matrix Resurrections is the best movie she’s ever watched.

    Keanu is cool, but overall it didn’t quite land for me 🙂‍↔️

General

Can also signal mild disbelief or “no comment” when you’d rather stay neutral in a debate.

Heads-up

Because it looks subtle, some might miss the side-to-side motion — if the tone matters, add words to clarify (e.g., “not my thing 🙂‍↔️”).

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