😤 Face with Steam from Nose emoji
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What does 😤 Face with Steam from Nose emoji mean?
This face with steam from nose emoji depicts an angry or highly annoyed face, eyes closed, brows scrunched up, and steam coming from the nostrils.
It’s used to express a variety of emotions, ranging from frustration to pumped-up passion about a particular topic.
Where does 😤 Face with Steam from Nose emoji come from?
The face with steam from nose emoji was first approved as part of Unicode 6.0 in 2010 under the name Face With Look of Triumph and was intended to reflect a feeling of victory or pride. Hmmm.
That was later downgraded to “disdainful,” but clearly this emoji depicts emotions like anger, frustration, determination, and pride, more than disdain. Though, instead of steam coming out of the little guy’s head, which is generally how we express this kind of discontent (in the world of cartoons and illustrations anyway), it’s raging out of his nostrils, which is sort of weird.
It was added to Emoji 1.0 in 2015.

Examples of 😤 Face with Steam from Nose emoji
obviously i should be your only one, i'll fight 😤
Jalapeños. All they do is totally overpower whatever you’re eating, and melt your face off in the process when you accidentally bite into the little bastard 😤
I hate Monday’s with a passion 😤‼️
Who uses 😤 Face with Steam from Nose emoji?
Arrgh!
That’s one way to let off a little steam, or you can use the face with steam from nose emoji too.
Although it’s occasionally used to express pride (as was its original intent), the face with steam from nose emoji is mostly used when people are feeling frustrated; angry; anxious; puffed up from ego or pride or maybe even hormones. Or, when people just feeling like they are CRUSHING IT.
https://twitter.com/UroojNRaza__/status/1041701983810453504
https://www.instagram.com/p/BnzNqdynFKs/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
Two Mavericks at the @MiamiOH_SB camp this past weekend. Working hard and getting better in the off season 🤘🏼😤 pic.twitter.com/0HEDBYkjxd
— Maverick Softball (@mav_softball) September 17, 2018
Come out and support your EMHS Volleyball team as they take on Santa Fe🤢🤢. There will be FREE pizza and T-shirt’s🍕🍕🍕. STUDENT SECTION THEME IS JERSEY😤😤😤 pic.twitter.com/781zVlfRLK
— EMHS Dog Pound (@EMHSDogPound) September 17, 2018
https://twitter.com/lxycllr/status/1041709832955408386
https://twitter.com/primalxsouls/status/1041709852207325184
And here we have the “crushing it” usage …
The REAL badman @ruskoofficial absolutely crushed @lost_lands 😤😤😤 pic.twitter.com/yD0VsaQ9hd
— EDM.com (@TheEDMNetwork) September 17, 2018
It’s also used when someone is coming after your man, and you are NOT. Having. It.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BmsLmIiANf1/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
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