adjective
definition
Sad because of a recent disappointment.
definition
Depressed.
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(of a horse) Having the crest, or upper part of the neck, hanging to one side.
Examples of crestfallen in a Sentence
His crestfallen look should have been a victory, but instead she wished she could eat the words.
He looks shocked at the suggestion, and a little crestfallen.
In spite of his services, Lenthall was not included by Cromwell in his new House of Lords, and was much disappointed and crestfallen at his omission.
Poor Passepartout, quite crestfallen, followed his master without a word.
I figure to myself he ought to be better, he looks rather crestfallen about the low notes still warbling.
He looked understandably crestfallen as he made his way off the 18th green.
My joiner was crestfallen after Spitalfields aficionado Dan Cruickshank pointed out a small error in the window architrave.