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A reanimated human woman, often found in works of horror fiction.

Woman Zombie

A reanimated human man, often found in works of horror fiction.

Man Zombie

A grotesque, red face with horns, wide eyes, a large nose, crooked fangs, and a fringe of shaggy hair. Depicts an <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oni">oni</a>, a kind of hideous ogre in Japanese folklore.

On <a href="/new-years-eve/">New Year&rsquo;s Eve</a> in some parts of Japan, men may wear&nbsp;oni masks and straw coats to dress up as <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Namahage">namahage</a>, another mythic being,&nbsp;to chide naughty children or ward off evil. May popularly denote supernatural or figurative beasts and demons.

Japanese Ogre

A yellow face with small, open eyes, open frown, and raised eyebrows. Samsung&rsquo;s design shows upper teeth and tongue. Meaning widely varies, but may convey alarm, confusion, or sadness, as if gasping in shock or concern.

Bears the same eyes and mouth as <a href="/frowning-face-with-open-mouth/">😦&nbsp;Frowning Face With Open Mouth</a> on most platforms, but its eyebrows give it a more surprised expression.

Anguished Face

A yellow face with small, open eyes and an open frown. Samsung&rsquo;s design shows upper teeth and tongue. Meaning widely varies, but may convey mild sadness, disappointment, concern, and amazement.

An early Microsoft design showed a face with its eyebrows <a href="/microsoft/windows-8.1/frowning-face-with-open-mouth/">contorted in anger</a>.

Frowning Face with Open Mouth

An everyday flashlight (electric torch), as used when the power goes out,&nbsp;<a href="/camping/">camping</a>, or telling scary stories. Generally depicted at a 45&deg; angle as a gray and black device with a switch, shown illuminated on many platforms.

Used for various content concerning and senses of&nbsp;light and lighting (e.g., spotlight).

Google&rsquo;s flashlight was <a href="/google/android-11.0/flashlight/">previously</a>&nbsp;orange.

Electric Torch

A circus or birthday clown displayed with white face makeup, a red nose, exaggerated eyes and smile, and two tufts of hair (red or blue). Commonly used&nbsp;as&nbsp;comment on <a href="/tiktok/">TikTok</a> or other social media platforms to indicate that a person&nbsp;is foolish, idiotic and/or selfish.

May instead describe something that is creepy or <a href="/face-screaming-in-fear/">scary</a>. Sometimes used as an unflattering alias for Donald Trump.

Clown Face

An orange pumpkin carved into the shape of a face and commonly known as a Jack-o&rsquo;-lantern.&nbsp;

The number and shape of its carved teeth vary by vendor.

This emoji has <a href="https://blog.emojipedia.org/spooky-emojis-are-trending/">consistently been the most popular emoji</a> used to encapsulate <a href="/halloween">Halloween </a>during the month of October.

This emoji predates the inclusion of emojis within <a href="/the-unicode-consortium">Unicode</a>. It was first added to early Japanese emoji keyboards in <a href="/au-kddi/type-d-1/jack-o-lantern">2003</a>&nbsp;by&nbsp;<a href="/au-kddi">au by KDDI</a>.

Jack-O-Lantern

A&nbsp;reanimated human, often found in works of horror fiction. May have a <a href="/woman-zombie/">female</a> or <a href="/man-zombie/">male</a> appearance.

May be used to refer to someone who appears listless, apathetic, or unresponsive to their surroundings.

May also be used to refer to a person who attempts to resume communications after previously <a href="/ghost">ghosting</a>&nbsp;out of a conversation.

Zombie

Boo! A white, cartoon ghost making a silly face. Its tongue is stuck out and arms are outstretched, as if trying to scare someone in a friendly way. Several platforms feature one larger, bulging eye, while others show the ghost winking.

Resembles a classic ghost costume for <a href="/halloween/">Halloween</a>. May also be used to convey something or someone is fun or goofy. Thanks to its raised arms, some use this&nbsp;emoji as a way of expressing an excited&nbsp;Yay!

May also be used to refer to the slang term &quot;ghosting&quot;, where a&nbsp;personal relationship is ended&nbsp;suddenly without explanation by one person withdrawing from all communication with another.

Samsung&#39;s design <a href="/samsung/touchwiz-7.0/ghost/">previously depicted</a> this as a smiley in a ghost costume.

This emoji predates the inclusion of emojis within <a href="/the-unicode-consortium">Unicode</a>. It was first added to early Japanese emoji keyboards by <a href="/softbank">Softbank</a>&nbsp;in <a href="/softbank/1999/ghost">1999</a>.

Ghost

A whitish-gray, cartoon-styled human skull with large, black eye sockets. Commonly expresses figurative death, e.g., dying from extreme laughter, frustration, or affection.

Popular around <a href="/halloween/">Halloween</a>. Not to be confused with <a href="/skull-and-crossbones/">☠️&nbsp;Skull and Crossbones</a>, though their applications may overlap.

Available as an Apple&nbsp;<a href="/animoji/">Animoji</a>.

<div id="professor_prebid-root">This emoji predates the inclusion of emojis within Unicode. It was first added to early Japanese emoji keyboards by <a href="/softbank">Softbank</a>&nbsp;in <a href="/softbank/1999/skull">1999</a>.</div>

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