The face at the top is Unamused face, U+1F612. Oddly, CLDR does not file it under annoyed: that word goes to Confounded face and three frowning people. All are here among 74, from mildly put out to table flip.
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Pick how annoyed you are
The groups run from mild to cross: the seven emoji CLDR files under annoyed, irritated, ugh or eyeroll, then the whatever set, then the fuming ones. Search reads Unicode names and CLDR search words, so sulk finds Person pouting and pester finds the badger. Pick a skin tone under More options and the people, hands and combos follow it.
Names that disagree with you
Face with steam from nose is formally Face with look of triumph, and Unicode's names list says it indicates triumph, not anger. CLDR files it under fume and furious anyway. Enraged face is formally Pouting face, intended to depict pouting rather than simply anger. Send them as they read to you.
Tips
Face with rolling eyes is the only emoji CLDR files under eyeroll. Wiktionary's plain text synonym for it, 9_9, is in the text group.
CLDR files 16 emoji under whatever, Sleeping face and Nail polish among them. All 16 are on this page.
Dotted line face, Face with diagonal mouth and Low battery came with Emoji 14.0. Older fonts show an empty box, so keep :| in reserve.
Questions and answers
Which emoji means annoyed?
Unamused face, by Wiktionary: its first sense is annoyance, irritation or frustration. CLDR, Unicode's list of emoji search words, files annoyed under Confounded face and three frowning people, and gives Unamused face ugh, smh and whatever. So a search for annoyed may find those four.
What is the annoyed face in plain text?
In ASCII, Wikipedia's list of emoticons has :| as a straight face and >:( as angry, and glosses >_< as skeptical, annoyed, undecided, uneasy, hesitant. เฒ _เฒ , the look of disapproval, takes its eyes from the Kannada alphabet, and the table flip needs box-drawing characters.
Is there a grumpy emoji?
Not by that word: CLDR has nothing under grumpy, grouchy, cranky or impatient. The nearest is scowl, filed only under Person pouting and its man and woman forms. Mosquito, Fly and Cockroach, the only three under pest, sit in the last emoji group.
๐Confounded faceU+1F616. The one face CLDR actually files under annoyed. Its other words include cringe, frustrated and mad. Emoji 0.6.
๐Face with rolling eyesU+1F644. The only emoji CLDR files under eyeroll, and one of three under ugh. Wiktionary has it indicating disbelief, annoyance or obviousness. Emoji 1.0.
๐โโ๏ธMan frowningU+1F64D U+200D U+2642 U+FE0F. The same frown with a male sign joined on, and the same words: annoyed, irritated, upset. Emoji 4.0.
๐Person frowningU+1F64D. CLDR files it under annoyed and irritated both, which no face manages. Disgruntled is on the list too. Emoji 0.6.
๐คPinched fingersU+1F90C. Fingertips bunched and pointing up. CLDR lists ugh, what and sarcastic, and also patience, which is the polite reading. Emoji 13.0.
๐Unamused faceU+1F612. The sideways look. CLDR files it under ugh, smh, whatever and three full stops, and not under annoyed. Wiktionary has no such doubts: its first sense is annoyance, irritation or frustration. Emoji 0.6.
๐โโ๏ธWoman frowningU+1F64D U+200D U+2640 U+FE0F. Third of the set. CLDR gives all three the word frustrated as well, and all three take five skin tones. Emoji 4.0.
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The rest of the 16 filed under whatever 14
๐ซฅDotted line faceU+1FAE5. A face drawn in dashes, for wishing you were not in this conversation. CLDR lists hide, invisible and wtv. Emoji 14.0.
๐Expressionless faceU+1F611. Eyes and mouth as three straight lines. CLDR lists meh, unimpressed and whatever. Emoji 1.0.
๐ซคFace with diagonal mouthU+1FAE4. The mouth slants like the slash in =/ further down. CLDR lists frustrated, skeptical and wtv. Emoji 14.0.
๐คทโโ๏ธMan shruggingU+1F937 U+200D U+2642 U+FE0F. The shrug with a male sign joined on. Same words, same shoulders. Emoji 4.0.
๐โโ๏ธMan tipping handU+1F481 U+200D U+2642 U+FE0F. The same tipped hand. Seriously is a word CLDR gives to these three and to nothing else. Emoji 4.0.
๐ Nail polishU+1F485. CLDR lists bored and whatever. Busy with something more important than your point. Emoji 0.6.
๐Neutral faceU+1F610. Two dots and a line. CLDR lists deadpan, meh and whatever, and it is the only face on this page with a plain text form. Emoji 0.7.
๐คทPerson shruggingU+1F937. CLDR lists dunno, idk, indifference and whatever. The end of an argument nobody won. Emoji 3.0.
๐Person tipping handU+1F481. Formally Information desk person. Unicode's names list notes it is often used to indicate sassy or carefree. CLDR lists sarcasm, sassy and seriously. Emoji 0.6.
๐ดSleeping faceU+1F634. Asleep, and CLDR still files it under whatever. For a meeting that could have been shorter. Emoji 1.0.
๐Squinting face with tongueU+1F61D. The odd one out of the 16. Tongue out, eyes shut, not listening. CLDR also lists gross and horrible. Emoji 0.6.
๐คทโโ๏ธWoman shruggingU+1F937 U+200D U+2640 U+FE0F. The shrug with a female sign. All three shrugs take five skin tones. Emoji 4.0.
๐โโ๏ธWoman tipping handU+1F481 U+200D U+2640 U+FE0F. Third of the set. CLDR's words for it also include gossip, flick and fetch. Emoji 4.0.
๐ฅฑYawning faceU+1F971. CLDR lists bored next to tired. A quiet way to say the story is long. Emoji 12.0.
One step past annoyed 8
๐ขAnger symbolU+1F4A2. CLDR lists anger, comic and mad. Set it after any face here to turn the dial up. Emoji 0.6.
๐ Angry faceU+1F620. CLDR lists frustrated, mad and maddening. One step past annoyed, and no longer hiding it. Emoji 0.6.
๐กEnraged faceU+1F621. Formally Pouting face: Unicode's names list says it was intended to depict pouting rather than simply anger. CLDR lists enraged, rage and red. Emoji 0.6.
๐คFace with steam from noseU+1F624. Formally Face with look of triumph, and Unicode's names list says it indicates triumph, not anger. CLDR lists fume, fuming and furious anyway, next to triumph and won. Emoji 0.6.
๐คฌFace with symbols on mouthU+1F92C. The symbols stand in for words this page does not print. CLDR lists censor, cursing and swearing. Emoji 5.0.
๐Person poutingU+1F64E. Formally Person with pouting face. CLDR lists scowl, sulk and whine. Emoji 0.6.
๐พPouting catU+1F63E. Formally Pouting cat face. For when the cat is annoyed, which is most of the time. Emoji 0.6.
๐ฏ๏ธRight anger bubbleU+1F5EF U+FE0F. A speech balloon for words said sharply. CLDR lists anger, balloon and bubble, and it has a plain text form. Emoji 0.7.
Sighs, doubts and a thumbs down 5
๐ฎโ๐จFace exhalingU+1F62E U+200D U+1F4A8. A sequence, not one character: Face with open mouth, a zero width joiner and Dashing away. CLDR lists exhale, groan, relief and sigh. Emoji 13.1.
๐คจFace with raised eyebrowU+1F928. Formally Face with one eyebrow raised. CLDR lists disapproval, skeptical and hmm. Emoji 5.0.
๐คฆPerson facepalmingU+1F926. Formally Face palm, which Unicode's names list glosses as frustration, disbelief. CLDR lists again, exasperation and smh. Emoji 3.0.
๐Thumbs downU+1F44E. CLDR lists dislike, nope and -1. Five skin tones and a plain text form. Emoji 0.6.
๐ฉWeary faceU+1F629. CLDR lists nooo, with three letters o, along with fail and tired. Emoji 0.6.
The usual causes 9
โฐAlarm clockU+23F0. CLDR lists alarm, late and waiting. It has a plain text form. Emoji 0.6.
๐ฆกBadgerU+1F9A1. The only emoji CLDR files under pester, as in to badger someone. Emoji 11.0.
๐ชณCockroachU+1FAB3. The third and last pest. CLDR lists insect and roach. Emoji 13.0.
๐ชฐFlyU+1FAB0. The second pest. CLDR also lists maggot and rotting, which is more than anyone asked for. Emoji 13.0.
โณHourglass not doneU+23F3. Formally Hourglass with flowing sand. CLDR lists waiting and, less expectedly, yolo. Emoji 0.6.
๐ขLoudspeakerU+1F4E2. Formally Public address loudspeaker. CLDR lists loud, for the neighbour who is. Emoji 0.6.
๐ชซLow batteryU+1FAAB. CLDR lists drained, energy and low. It works for a phone or for a person. Emoji 14.0.
๐ฆMosquitoU+1F99F. One of three emoji CLDR files under pest. Its other words include bite and fever. Emoji 11.0.
๐ฆฅSlothU+1F9A5. CLDR gives it three words: lazy, sloth and slow. For a queue, a download or a reply. Emoji 12.0.
Annoyed in plain text 19
(ยฌ_ยฌ)A sideways look made of two not signs
(โฏยฐโกยฐ)โฏ๏ธต โปโโปTable flip
(ใเฒ ็เฒ )ใๅฝกโปโโปTable flip, with the disapproving face
(๏ผ๏พะ๏พ)Angry, with a fullwidth number sign
(๏ผโธแ)Facepalm: the hand is a Georgian letter
:-|Straight face, with a nose
:|Colon, vertical bar: straight face
=/Equals sign for eyes, slash for a mouth
>.<The same wince with a dot for a mouth
>:(Slanted brows over a frown: angry
>:/Slanted brows and a slanted mouth
>:[The same brows over a square mouth
>_<Eyes squeezed shut: annoyed, in ASCII
เฒ _เฒ Look of disapproval: the eyes are a Kannada letter
เฒ ็เฒ Disapproval, with gritted teeth
โฌโโฌใ( ยบ _ ยบใ)Putting the table back
ใฝ(`ะยด)๏พArms up, mouth open: be irritable
9_9Two nines: rolled eyes, per Wiktionary
(*๏ฟฃm๏ฟฃ)Dissatisfied: a small m for a mouth
Everyday annoyances 12
๐ง๐Could have been an emailE-mail, then face with rolling eyes. For the hour you will not get back.
๐ค๐ฎโ๐จ๐Count to tenFace with steam from nose, then face exhaling, then relieved face. Steam, a long breath out, then calm. Annoyance with a good ending.
๐ชซ๐ฉNo chargerLow battery, then weary face. The battery is new in Emoji 14.0, so an older device shows an empty box where it should be.
๐๐Noisy neighboursSpeaker high volume, then unamused face. CLDR files the speaker under loud. No further comment is needed.
๐๐Not this againRepeat button, then unamused face. For the topic, the song or the meeting that keeps coming back.
๐ถ๐๐One bar of signalAntenna bars, then snail, then expressionless face. A signal, a snail and the face of someone watching a page load.
๐ฆ๐คOne mosquitoMosquito, then face with steam from nose. It only takes one, and it only takes a dark room.
๐ง๏ธ๐Rain on the day offCloud with rain, then unamused face. The weather, doing it on purpose.
๐๐คฆSeriouslyFace with rolling eyes, then person facepalming. An eye roll that needed a hand as well. The facepalm follows the skin tone.
โณ๐Still waitingHourglass not done, then expressionless face. CLDR files the hourglass under waiting. The face says for how long.
๐๐๐๐คTrafficAutomobile 3 times, then face with steam from nose. Three cars is a jam. Add more cars to taste.
๐๐ Whatever you sayUnamused face, then nail polish. The look, then a task more interesting than the conversation. The hand follows the skin tone.
How this list was compiled: Built by script on 2026-09-19, not typed by hand. Names, code points, sequences, skin tones and Emoji version numbers come from Unicode's emoji-test.txt, version 18.0 (https://www.unicode.org/Public/18.0.0/emoji/emoji-test.txt); item names are the CLDR short names in sentence case. The first two groups follow stated rules, checked by the script against the whole of the CLDR English annotations (https://github.com/unicode-org/cldr/blob/main/common/annotations/en.xml, main branch). Group one is every emoji whose search words include annoyed, irritated, ugh or eyeroll: seven, with Unamused face put first because it is the face people mean. Group two is the rest of the 16 emoji filed under whatever, which is 14 once Unamused face and Face with rolling eyes are taken out. The words quoted in the notes are CLDR's, and each only-one claim (eyeroll, pester, the three under pest, the three under seriously, patience, fume, the three full stops) was checked the same way; CLDR has no entries at all for grumpy, cranky or impatient. Formal character names come from UnicodeData.txt, version 18.0.0 (https://www.unicode.org/Public/18.0.0/ucd/UnicodeData.txt); the notes that U+1F624 indicates triumph, not anger, that U+1F621 and U+1F64E were intended to depict pouting rather than simply anger, that U+1F481 is often used to indicate sassy or carefree, and the gloss frustration, disbelief for U+1F926 are from NamesList.txt, version 18.0.0 (https://www.unicode.org/Public/18.0.0/ucd/NamesList.txt). Text forms come from emoji-variation-sequences.txt (https://www.unicode.org/Public/18.0.0/ucd/emoji/emoji-variation-sequences.txt). The senses given for Unamused face (annoyance, irritation or frustration) and Face with rolling eyes (disbelief, annoyance or obviousness, with 9_9 as a synonym) are from Wiktionary (https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%F0%9F%98%92 and https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%F0%9F%99%84). The text faces other than 9_9 and the not-sign face are rows of Wikipedia's List of emoticons (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_emoticons): the ASCII ones were typed and their rows checked by the script, the rest were read out of the wikitext and their code points checked; the first table flip is that article's Table flip template (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Table_flip), read the same way. The not-sign face is built from U+00AC, whose name the script checks. The 12 combos and their names are this site's own; nobody has standardised them. All sources were checked on 2026-09-19. Licence: own work (the selection, the combo names and the wording are ours; emoji names, sequences and search words come from Unicode's data files and CLDR, under the Unicode License v3; facts from Wikipedia and Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0, restated in our own words and credited in source)