face with rolling eyes
Basic Meaning
🙄This emoji usually represents emotions such as boredom, disdain, contempt, or being speechless. For example, when someone says something very stupid or conceited, this emoji can be used to show one's inner boredom or disdain. It can also be used to show disapproval of a certain behavior or thing, conveying a mild sense of disgust.
Usage Examples
He is bragging again. 🙄
🙄 She is always so late.
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Cultural Differences Interpretation
Eastern Cultural Interpretation
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In Eastern cultures, the expression 🙄 may indicate mild annoyance, disdain or being somewhat dissatisfied with someone or something. For example, when seeing some unreasonable behaviors or hearing rather conceited remarks, this expression might be used to convey one's inner emotions, but usually the degree of negative emotions expressed is relatively mild.
Western Cultural Interpretation
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In Western culture, 🙄 is usually regarded as an expression of rolling one's eyes, which means being annoyed, impatient, contemptuous or finding something or someone ridiculous. For example, this emoji is used when facing some stupid ideas or overly show - off behaviors.
Cross-Cultural Usage Tips
When used in cross - cultural situations, attention should be paid to the acceptance levels of different cultures towards the expression of negative emotions. In relatively relaxed and familiar cross - cultural communication environments, it can be appropriately used to convey mild negative emotions. However, in formal or less - familiar cross - cultural communication scenarios, it should be avoided as much as possible to prevent misunderstandings, because different cultures have different understandings and tolerances of negative emotions.
Usage Scenarios
Social Scenes
It can be used in social situations among friends and classmates when they tease or roast each other about small things, or express helplessness towards the minor flaws of someone they all know. It can also be used in some relatively relaxed social groups to express a slightly negative attitude towards some less serious topics.
Work Scenarios
It is generally not very suitable for use in the workplace. However, if it is within a very relaxed and creative work team where the relationships among members are very harmonious, it can be used cautiously occasionally in non - serious discussions (such as when there are minor objections to a creative plan). But it is definitely not suitable for use in formal meetings, when reporting work to superiors or when communicating with clients.