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crestfallen
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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1580s, past participle adjective, but the verb crestfall is recorded only from 1610s, in reference to diseased horses, and is rare. It's possible that the image behind this use of the word is not cocks, as often is asserted, but horses.
Wikipedia
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" Crestfallen " is a track on The Smashing Pumpkins ' 1998 album, Adore . Originally scheduled as the third single from the album, the song was instead released as a promotional CD in the US. It received moderate play on modern rock stations but did not ...
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
adjective EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES ▪ She ripped open the package but found nothing in it but shoes. She was crestfallen . ▪ Stafford looked crestfallen when he was told about the layoffs. ▪ Steve looked crestfallen as he returned from the mailbox empty-handed. ...
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.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
adj. brought low in spirit; "left us fatigued and deflated spiritually" [syn: chapfallen , chopfallen , deflated ]
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.