Meaning
The genuinely evil twin: an angry, scowling face with prominent curved horns, representing actual malice or demonic fury rather than playful mischief. The expression is deeply furrowed and angry—sometimes with a sinister grin—making this the darkest horned face available. The horns are typically rendered in red or dark colors, and the overall impression is villainous and threatening, though in a theatrical way.
This emoji shows up when someone's expressing genuine anger paired with a sense of evil intent (usually jokingly). You might send it when you're angry *and* planning petty revenge, or when you're dramatically cursing someone out for betraying you. It's less commonly used than its smiling counterpart because fewer situations call for "actual demon energy," but when they do, this is the perfect choice.
People also use it for self-deprecating humor—claiming they're being evil or demonic in a playful way. In darker humor contexts or when discussing fictional villains, it fits perfectly. The key difference from the smiling horned face is that there's no humor masking the anger here; this is malevolence without a wink.
The angry horned face has existed since the earliest days of emoji, approved as part of Unicode Emoji 0.6 in 2010. It remains relatively rare in everyday messaging compared to other negative emotion emoji, reserved for moments when you want to combine anger with a theatrical, villainous flair.
Common Uses
- • Expressing anger mixed with spite or revenge
- • Joking about being evil or demonic
- • Reacting to truly villainous behavior
- • Dramatic self-deprecating humor
Popular Combos
Did You Know?
The angry horned face is significantly less popular than the smiling version, making it one of the more niche emoji despite being one of the oldest in the library.
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Technical Reference
Platform Shortcodes
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| HTML (decimal) | 👿 |
| HTML (hex) | 👿 |
| CSS | \1F47F |
| JavaScript | \uD83D\uDC7F |
| Python | \U0001F47F |
| Java | \uD83D\uDC7F |
| Perl | \x{1F47F} |
| PHP / Ruby | \x{1F47F} |
| Punycode | xn--2qv3 |
| URL Encoded | %F0%9F%91%BF |
| UTF-8 Bytes | 0xF0 0x9F 0x91 0xBF |
👿 in 28 languages
Names sourced from Unicode CLDR and emojibase.
| Language | Name |
|---|---|
| Bengali | শয়তান |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 生气的恶魔 |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 惡魔 |
| Danish | sur lilla djævel |
| Dutch | boos gezicht met hoorns |
| English | angry face with horns |
| English (UK) | angry face with horns |
| Estonian | deemon |
| Finnish | pikkupaholainen |
| French | visage en colère avec des cornes |
| German | wütendes Gesicht mit Hörnern |
| Hindi | शैतान चेहरा |
| Hungarian | mérges arc szarvakkal |
| Italian | faccina arrabbiata con corna |
| Japanese | 怒った悪魔 |
| Korean | 머리에 뿔이 달린 화난 얼굴 |
| Lithuanian | velniūkštis |
| Malay | muka marah bertanduk |
| Norwegian | sint djevel |
| Polish | zagniewana twarz z rogami |
| Portuguese | rosto zangado com chifres |
| Russian | злой чертенок |
| Spanish | cara enfadada con cuernos |
| Spanish (Mexico) | cara malvada enfadada con cuernos |
| Swedish | argt ansikte med horn |
| Thai | หน้าบึ้งมีเขา |
| Ukrainian | сердите обличчя з рогами |
| Vietnamese | mặt giận giữ có sừng |