😶 Face Without Mouth and 🤐 Zipper-Mouth Emoji Meanings

The face without mouth 😶 means "I'm speechless", and the zipper-mouth face 🤐 means "my lips are sealed". Both are about silence, but one is "I can't talk" and the other is "I won't talk".

What does the face without mouth 😶 mean?

• Speechless. Emojipedia says the meaning varies widely but commonly conveys speechlessness, humility, secrecy and silence. EmojiTerra adds dumbfoundedness or a desire to stay quiet.
• Not wanting to talk. One of the top answers on our face without mouth page is "speechless or not wanting to talk". wikiHow gives lockdown examples such as "I miss the outside world 😶".
• Shyness or awkwardness. Another top answer is that it expresses shyness.
• Shut up. It can also be a blunt "be quiet" in a rude moment, so read the tone.
• Mild disappointment. Emojipedia notes it may convey moderately negative feelings.

What does the zipper-mouth face 🤐 mean?

• Keeping a secret. Emojipedia: typically conveys keeping a secret or staying silent, as in "my lips are sealed". The top answer on our zipper-mouth page is "don't worry I won't say anything".
• Not allowed to talk. ForenShield describes it as being reduced to silence on a subject because you can't talk about it.
• Telling someone to stop talking. Dictionary.com says it covers everything from "not a lot of talking going on here" to "don't talk about it".

😶 vs 🤐 vs other quiet faces

• 😶 face without mouth: at a loss for words.
• 🤐 zipper-mouth face: deliberately saying nothing.
• 🤫 shushing face: asking others to be quiet.
• 🤭 hand over mouth: giggling or whoops.
• 😐 neutral face: flat, unbothered.

Facts

• 😶 Added: Unicode 6.0 (2010); Apple added it in iOS 6.0
• 🤐 Added: Unicode 8.0 (2015); Apple added it in iOS 9.1

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