🤒 face with thermometer Emoji — Meaning, Copy & Paste

What Does the face with thermometer Emoji 🤒 Mean?

Slightly slumped face with a thermometer poking out of the mouth, eyes looking unwell — 🤒 is the universal symbol for "I have a fever and feel terrible." It's specifically about being sick, more so than the broader masked-face emoji, because the thermometer pretty much only points one direction: temperature, illness, bed rest required.

In texting, 🤒 reads as a clear sick signal. Used when calling in sick to work, updating concerned friends, or generally announcing that the day is canceled because of illness. "Caught whatever's been going around 🤒" — that's the canonical use. The thermometer makes the meaning unambiguous in a way the simpler 😷 doesn't, since the mask emoji can mean precaution too.

It also works for parents updating about sick kids, partners sending sympathy, or anyone narrating a long sick day. "Day three of this flu, send help 🤒." The slumped expression underneath the thermometer adds to the misery — this isn't a mild case, this is full bed-and-soup territory.

There's a wry humor angle as well. "Can't make it to your wedding I'm sick 🤒" is also the emoji of slightly suspect excuses. The thermometer makes the claim feel more legitimate, even when everyone involved knows the speaker just doesn't want to go. That dual quality — sincere illness and theatrically performed illness — gives 🤒 broader range than its straightforward design suggests.

On TikTok and Instagram, 🤒 turns up in sick-day vlogs, recovery posts, and "day in the life of being miserable" content. Twitter/X uses it heavily during cold and flu season when group sickness becomes a shared experience.

Apple shows a face with a clear thermometer extending from the mouth and visible flushed cheeks. Google's version is similar, slightly brighter. Samsung's leans rounder. All three communicate fever-illness instantly.

Emoji 1.0 added 🤒 in 2015, expanding the unwell-face category beyond just 😷. It's been a steady chat staple for sick days ever since.

Use 🤒 for fevers, flu, being sick at home, sick-day excuses, and any moment where you want to communicate "I am unwell" without a paragraph of explanation.