Crestfallen
['krestfɔːl(ə)n] or ['krɛstfɔlən]
Definition
(a.) With hanging head; hence, dispirited; dejected; cowed.
(a.) Having the crest, or upper part of the neck, hanging to one side; -- said of a horse.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Discouraged, disheartened, dispirited, depressed, dejected, desponding, chap-fallen, melancholy, sad, down-hearted, downcast, cast down, low-spirited, in low spirits.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Castdown, humiliated, abashed
ANT:Inspirited, elated, confident
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Examples
- A very crestfallen coachload of royalty returned to Paris and was received by vast crowds--_in silence_. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Very sorry,' said the crestfallen Miller. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Look, how muddy his horse is, flouncing about in the swamp; the dogs, too, look rather crestfallen. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Eight crestfallen creatures stood upon the shore, and O, to think of it! Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- I returned to Cairo very much crestfallen. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Mr Boffin's air was crestfallen and submissive. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- But he arose neither angry nor crestfallen. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- But you do not understand, said Caliphronas, rather crestfallen at this sudden outburst of anger. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- Men who in their youth took part in crusades against the Tenderloin now admit in a crestfallen way that they succeeded merely in sprinkling the Tenderloin through the whole city. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- I beg your pardon, Sir,' replied the crestfallen greengrocer, 'I didn't mean to do it, Sir; I was up very late last night, Sir. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- I felt very much crestfallen. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- I went out very much crestfallen, thinking I would be delayed and harassed in the work which I was anxious to finish, and was doing night and day. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- He was so crestfallen that I believe if I had ordered him to leave the car he would have gone quietly out, saying to himself: More Yankee oppression. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- The lawyer joined me again, with a very crestfallen face. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
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