Face with raised eyebrow

Skepticism and suspicion. One raised brow says “really?”, “excuse me?”, or “I don't buy it.”

Common as a reply to odd claims, suspicious behavior or confusing messages. It can be playful among friends but may feel accusing in work chat, where a question in words is safer.

Facts

Face with raised eyebrow 🤨 is an emoji in the smileys and emotion category, under face neutral skeptical. It became part of the emoji standard in Emoji 5.0, released in 2017. On GitHub, Slack and other apps you can type it as :raised_eyebrow: or :face_with_raised_eyebrow:. People also look for it with words like “disapproval”, “disbelief”, “distrust”, or “emoji”.

Timeline

1. 2017Added to the emoji standard (Emoji 5.0)

Design history

Google Noto Emoji images: Apache 2.0. Twemoji graphics by X Corp and contributors: CC-BY 4.0.

smileys & emotion · Emoji 5.0