Keyword
scary emoji
25 emoji are annotated with “scary” in Unicode’s CLDR data.
- frowning face with open mouthfrowning face with open mouth
- anguished faceanguished face
- ogreogre
- ghostghost
- vampirevampire
- vampire: light skin tonevampire: light skin tone
- vampire: medium-light skin tonevampire: medium-light skin tone
- vampire: medium skin tonevampire: medium skin tone
- vampire: medium-dark skin tonevampire: medium-dark skin tone
- vampire: dark skin tonevampire: dark skin tone
- man vampireman vampire
- man vampire: light skin toneman vampire: light skin tone
- man vampire: medium-light skin toneman vampire: medium-light skin tone
- man vampire: medium skin toneman vampire: medium skin tone
- man vampire: medium-dark skin toneman vampire: medium-dark skin tone
- man vampire: dark skin toneman vampire: dark skin tone
- woman vampirewoman vampire
- woman vampire: light skin tonewoman vampire: light skin tone
- woman vampire: medium-light skin tonewoman vampire: medium-light skin tone
- woman vampire: medium skin tonewoman vampire: medium skin tone
- woman vampire: medium-dark skin tonewoman vampire: medium-dark skin tone
- woman vampire: dark skin tonewoman vampire: dark skin tone
- zombiezombie
- man zombieman zombie
- woman zombiewoman zombie
Frequently asked questions
- How many emoji mean scary?
- 25 emoji are annotated with “scary”.
- Which categories does scary span?
- Emoji annotated “scary” appear in Smileys & Emotion and People & Body. A keyword is the only grouping here that crosses categories — the Unicode taxonomy files each character in exactly one.
- Which emoji are tagged scary?
- They include 😦 frowning face with open mouth, 😧 anguished face, 👹 ogre and 👻 ghost. The full set is listed above.
- Where do these keywords come from?
- Unicode’s CLDR annotation data, which is the same source that lets an emoji keyboard find a character by name. They are not tags anyone here invented.