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crestfallen

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The definition of crestfallen is being very disappointed or depressed.

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A child whose long-awaited birthday party has just been cancelled is an example of someone who would be described as crestfallen.

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See crestfallen in Webster's New World College Dictionary

adjective

with drooping crest or bowed head
dejected, disheartened, or humbled

See crestfallen in American Heritage Dictionary 4

adjective

Dispirited and depressed; dejected.

Related Forms:

crestˈfallˌen·ly adverb

crestˈfallˌen·ness noun

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