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Sad mountain top has collapsed
Answer for the clue "Sad mountain top has collapsed ", 11 letters:
crestfallen
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Word definitions for crestfallen in dictionaries
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
adj. brought low in spirit; "left us fatigued and deflated spiritually" [syn: chapfallen , chopfallen , deflated ]
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Crestfallen \Crest"fall`en\ (-f?l`'n), a. With hanging head; hence, dispirited; dejected; cowed. Let it make thee crestfullen; Ay, and allay this thy abortive pride. --Shak. Having the crest, or upper part of the neck, hanging to one side; -- said ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. 1 sad because of a recent disappointment. 2 depressed. 3 (context obsolete of a horse English) Having the crest, or upper part of the neck, hanging to one side.
Usage examples of crestfallen.
The significance of the gesture was lost on me, but the other two watching sighed in unison and Cordoban sat back with a crestfallen expression.
Significant smiles and a rising him of voices descanting on the affair in a way not at all complimentary to the crestfallen Chints family, followed the disappearances of all the actors in the unexpected scene.
Whereat, somewhat crestfallen, he was fain to lead the horse away, the others having been already taken care of by other grooms who had no thought of the Isle of Axholme, and no hopeful expectation of coins.
Tall along the back end were stalks of something dead that she thought, with a crestfallen heart, might have been hollyhocks in life.
The Mohawks and Cayugas retired, stripped of their goods and crestfallen.
The next day, the Provencal, rather crestfallen, came to share my dinner, and I gave him a friendly welcome.
They left the room together, and after a short absence Croce came back rather crestfallen.
The gateman, gaping to see his lord's younger child come home under escort, crumpled and crestfallen and bearing whip-marks on cheek and neck, sent an archer running to inform Sir Eudo, while he himself admitted the party cautiously into the courtyard and delayed them there with wary civilities until the master of the house appeared, rolling hastily out from his supper, bundling on his surcoat as he bustled through the doorway from his great hall.
He glared at his crestfallen companion while a gaggle of street urchins helped Ambridge push the Effer'ian limousine onto a side street.
If you and I were married,he made his voice humble, you could influence me, persuade me to your way of thinking She had been poised for one of their marvelously exhilarating shouting matches, and now she looked slightly crestfallen.
Agent Cleary was crestfallen, and wrote a glowing letter of reference, To Whom It May Concern, on official FBI stationery.