Face with Rolling Eyes emoji 🙄: meaning and how to use it
🙄 — eyes rolled upward — is pure eye-roll. It conveys annoyance, exasperation, boredom or sarcasm — “ugh, seriously?” without a word.
:roll_eyes:What does the Face with Rolling Eyes emoji mean?
The rolling-eyes face expresses irritation and disdain — reacting to something annoying, obvious or over-the-top. It's the digital version of a physical eye-roll.
It also flavors sarcasm: “oh, great 🙄.” Used carefully among friends it's playful; aimed at someone directly it can read as rude.
How the emoji is used
- Annoyance or exasperation: “not again 🙄”
- Sarcasm: “thrilling 🙄”
- Boredom or “obviously”
- Playful teasing among friends
Face with Rolling Eyes emoji: Unicode details
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Emoji | 🙄 |
| Unicode code point(s) | U+1F644 |
| Unicode name(s) | Face With Rolling Eyes |
| Shortcode | :roll_eyes: |
| HTML entity | 🙄 |
| Category | Emoji |
Because it is defined in Unicode, this emoji works across phones, laptops and the web — though the exact artwork differs by platform (Apple, Google, Microsoft, Samsung and Twemoji all draw it in their own style). The underlying meaning stays the same everywhere.
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What does 🙄 mean?
It means an eye-roll — annoyance, exasperation, boredom or sarcasm. It's the emoji for “ugh, seriously?”
How do I type the face with rolling eyes emoji?
On most keyboards, open the emoji picker (Windows: Win + ., Mac: Ctrl + Cmd + Space, iPhone/Android: the 😀 key) and search its name. Or just copy it from the button at the top of this page.
What is the shortcode for 🙄?
The common shortcode is :roll_eyes:, used on Slack, Discord, GitHub and many other apps that turn :name: into an emoji.