Nauseated Face

Queasy or grossed out, not fully sick. Next to motion sickness, food poisoning or a hangover confession, 🤢 means the sender's stomach is turning. Under a photo, video or hot take, it means that thing is turning their stomach.

Most platforms draw it with greenish skin and a tight, held-in mouth — the look English calls "green around the gills", just before anything comes up. Details vary by platform, but that held-back look is why it usually lands as yuck rather than as an emergency.

Habit splits it: some people save the sick face for I-feel-ill texts, others put it on anything creepy, cringe or badly plated. A small 2019 pilot study found the same spread — most read disgust, others read lack of emotion or physical illness. Read the thread, not just the face.

What does it mean when someone sends you 🤢?

Usually disgust at the thing, not at you. On your food pic, meme or story, it means that's nasty. After you said your stomach is wrecked, it means poor you. The one to pause on is a lone 🤢 under your selfie with no words — there you might be the gross part, so ask before you spiral.

In dating chat it can stand for "the ick": the sudden turn-off when something small — how someone chews, texts or runs for a bus — makes attraction curdle. An ick can fade, so read 🤢 there as a strong turn-off, not a guaranteed breakup, and not a word about anyone's stomach.