Crestfallen

/ˈkɹɛstfɔːlən/ · adjective

Meaning

Sad because of a disappointment..

Definitions by Sense

1. Sad because of a disappointment.
2. (obsolete, of a horse) Having the crest, or upper part of the neck, hanging to one side.

Example Sentences

Tom's cheeks burned. He gathered himself up and sneaked off, crushed and crestfallen.

Gregson looked quite crest-fallen.

Hall tried to convey everything by grimaces and dumb show, but Mrs. Hall was obdurate. She raised her voice. So Hall and Henfrey, rather crestfallen, tiptoed back to the bar, gesticulating to explain to her.

'He did it awfully well,' said the crestfallen Rat.

I rushed there; no lamp! Crestfallen, I returned to my guru.

And we can sense that, though permanently crestfallen, there is something in his nature, which makes him accept solitude, that is rather fearless.

Yes, unfortunately, she'd heard him correctly. She was crestfallen. Here she'd come so far to ask him the question, and he didn't know the answer.

Brother Gáeth was a tall man with almost ugly features and a permanently crestfallen expression that made the elderly abbot immediately feel guilty that he had spoken so roughly.

Synonyms for crestfallen

Antonyms for crestfallen

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• more crestfallen
• most crestfallen

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