Category: Smileys & Emotion

🥹face holding back tears

🥹 face holding back tears belongs to Smileys & Emotion. Copy it instantly, review its aliases and codepoints, and explore related emojis from the same set.

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Meaning

Often used to show feeling touched, grateful, proud, or trying to hold back tears.

Aliases

:face_holding_back_tears:

Keywords

admirationawwbackcryembarrassedfacefeelingsgratefulgratitudeholdingjoyplease

What does 🥹 face holding back tears mean?

The face holding back tears emoji generally conveys a mix of overwhelming positive or negative emotion where someone is trying not to cry. It is often used to express deep gratitude, feeling touched by a kind gesture, or overwhelming pride. Depending on context, it can also represent holding back tears of frustration, embarrassment, or sadness.

Often used for

Expressing gratitude for a thoughtful gift or compliment
Reacting to a heartwarming or cute story
Showing pride in a friend or family member's achievement
Trying not to cry out of frustration or overwhelm
Feeling touched by a nostalgic memory

Tone: The tone is usually sincere and emotionally vulnerable, so it can feel out of place in strictly professional or purely lighthearted contexts. Because it can represent both happy and sad tears, the surrounding message often clarifies the exact emotion.

🥹 in real messages

thank you so much for the flowers 🥹
i just watched the finale and i'm a mess 🥹
so proud of you for graduating 🥹
that is the sweetest thing anyone has ever said to me 🥹
trying to keep it together but this day has been so hard 🥹

Combos, text art & scenes with 🥹

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🫶🏻🥹❤️🩹

😫🥹🫀

😠🥰🥹🔥💔

🫶🥹

❤️🫂🌍👑🤌🏻🥹

🥹🫂💗

🫵🏻🫶🏻🥹❤️‍🩹

🥹🫶🏻💎🫀❤️‍🩹

🥹🥹

🫶🏻🥹❤️‍🩹🫶🏻🥹❤️‍🩹

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How 🥹 face holding back tears looks

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🥹 face holding back tears codes for developers

Every format below produces 🥹 — click Copy on the one your stack needs.

Emoji	`🥹`
Unicode codepoints	`U+1F979`
HTML (decimal)	`🥹`
HTML (hex)	`🥹`
CSS	`\1F979`
JavaScript	`\u{1F979}`
JSON	`\uD83E\uDD79`
URL encoded	`%F0%9F%A5%B9`
Shortcode (GitHub)	`:face_holding_back_tears:`