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crestfallen
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Crestfallen
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crest·fall·en
/
ˈkrɛstˌfɔ
lən
/
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[
krest
-faw-l
uh
n
]
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adjective
1.
dejected; dispirited; discouraged.
2.
having a drooping
crest
or head.
Origin:
1580–90;
crest
+
fallen
Related forms
crest·fall·en·ly,
adverb
crest·fall·en·ness,
noun
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crestfallen
(ˈkrɛstˌfɔːlən)
—
adj
dejected, depressed, or disheartened
'crestfallenly
—
adv
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
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Word Origin & History
crestfallen
1580s, pp. adj., but crestfall (v.) is recorded only from 1610s, in ref. to diseased horses, and is rare. It's possible that the image behind the use of the word is of horses, not cocks.
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Example sentences
The
crestfallen
apprentice spent several moments of contrition and then he made up his mind to get out of town.
The
crestfallen
troops finally filed off the field toward their company grounds.
At this stage,
crestfallen
and fearful of what the resistants might do to them, they were a dreary looking lot.
They lingered too long in the saloons, blew their grubstakes, and returned
crestfallen
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