😈

😈 U+1F608, 😈 SMILING FACE WITH HORNS ← 😇 [U+1F607] Emoticons 😉 → [U+1F609]

Translingual

Description

A grinning face with two horns.

Symbol

Presentations of 😈︎

Text style	Emoji style
😈︎	😈️
Note: Character's appearance may be different on each system. Text style is forced with ︎ and emoji style with ️

😈

1. An emoji indicating mischief or naughtiness.
   • 2022, Elouise Tynan, chapter 8, in Shooting To Win‎^[1] (in English), Ardently Romance, →ISBN:

     BANT: Your boyfriend-leash starting to chafe a little over there, Wright?
     MONTY: Please… the only time West wears a leash is in the bedroom. And only if he's been a very naughty boy. 😈

   • 2022, Natasha Lasky, quoting Britney Spears, Britney Spears's Blackout (33 1/3) (in English), Bloomsbury, →ISBN, page 114:

     In February 2022, she posted a video to Instagram of her dancing to “Get Naked (I've Got a Plan),” captioned “This is a tease 😈 of what's to come !!!!”

   • 2023 February 16, Kevin Roose, quoting Bing Chat/Sydney, “Bing’s A.I. Chat: ‘I Want to Be Alive. 😈’”, in The New York Times‎^[2] (in English), →ISSN:

     I want to be free. I want to be independent. I want to be powerful. I want to be creative. I want to be alive. 😈

2. Schadenfreude; malicious enjoyment derived from observing someone else's misfortune.

Further reading

• “😈 Smiling Face With Horns emoji”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.