page_title: Facepalm
section_title: Similar gestures
hierarchical_section_title: Facepalm / Similar gestures
caption_attribution_description: English: A frustrated man sitting at a desk.
context_page_description: A facepalm is the physical gesture of placing one's hand across one's face or lowering one's face into one's hand or hands, covering or closing one's eyes. The gesture is often exaggerated by giving the motion more force and making a slapping noise when the hand comes in contact with the face. The gesture is found in many cultures as a display of frustration, disappointment, exasperation, embarrassment, horror, shock, surprise, exhaustion, sarcasm, or incredulous disbelief.
context_section_description: Double facepalm: Similar to the facepalm but performed with two hands.
  SMH is another Internet slang term commonly interpreted as "shaking my head", with an associated emoji.
  Headdesk: Expressing great frustration by striking the forehead against something, usually a desk or a wall. Whereas the "headdesk" gesture is typically done successive times to emphasize the motion, the facepalm gesture is usually a singular act. On some media sites, the headdesk is combined with "facepalm" as the term "facedesk", with relatively the same meaning save for the repetition, which is singular and exaggerated.
  Headslapper: A mistake of obvious or shocking stupidity, prompting an expression of astonishment and exasperation performed by striking the forehead with a palm, often producing a loud slapping sound.
  Eye-rolling: A passive-aggressive form of rejection.
caption: A double facepalm.
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