chap-fallenadj.
/ˈtʃapˌfɔːlən/, U.S. /ˈtʃæpˌfɔlən/, /ˈtʃæpˌfɑlən/ 1.
a. With the chap or lower jaw hanging down, as an effect of extreme exhaustion or debility, of a wound received, or esp. of death.
ΘΚΠ
the world > health and disease > ill health > [adjective] > in state of ill health or diseased > looking ill
wanc700
sunken?a1505
wersh?a1505
wearisha1535
waryish1565
sunk1578
chap-fallen1597
chop-fallen1604
squalid1661
sallow1747
sallowish1753
peaked1804
shilpit1813
shirpit1821
peely-wally1832
peakish1836
the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of visible parts > [adjective] > of face: swollen > jaw hanging loose
jawfall?a1536
jaw-fallen1596
chap-fallen1597
chop-fallen1604
1597 J. Gerard Herball i. 3 Beasts that be chap-fallen through long standing in pound.
1609 Euerie Woman in her Humor sig. A4 Her tung..wagges within her chap-faln jawes.
a1625 J. Fletcher Wild-goose Chase (1652) iv. iii. 45 Till they be chap-falne, and their Tongues at peace, Nayl'd in their Coffins.
1783 H. Cowley Bold Stroke for Husband ii. ii. 15 That plump face of yours will be chop-fallen I believe.
1842 Ld. Tennyson Vision of Sin in Poems (new ed.) II. 223 Trooping from their mouldy dens The chap-fallen circle spreads.
b. Said of the mouth-piece of a helmet.
ΚΠ
1693 J. Dryden tr. Juvenal in J. Dryden et al. tr. Juvenal Satires x. 199 A chap-faln Beaver loosly hanging by The cloven Helm.
2. figurative. Dejected, dispirited; crestfallen.
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the mind > emotion > suffering > dejection > [adjective]
ungladc888
wearyc888
drearyc1000
dreary-moodOE
heavyc1000
unmerryOE
droopy?c1225
mournc1275
sada1300
languishinga1325
amayedc1330
matec1330
unlightc1330
unblissful1340
lowa1382
mishappyc1390
dullc1393
elengely1393
droopinga1400
heavy-hearteda1400
joylessa1400
sytefula1400
mornifc1400
tristy?c1400
lightless?1406
heartlessa1413
tristc1420
amatec1425
languoring?c1425
mirthlessc1430
heavisome1435
darkc1440
gloomingc1440
comfortlessc1460
amateda1470
chermatc1475
tristfula1492
lustless?1507
dolorous1513
ruthful1513
downcast1521
deject1528
heartsicka1529
lumpisha1535
coolc1540
dowlyc1540
glum1547
discouraged1548
uncheerfulc1555
dumpish1560
out of heart1565
sadded1566
amoped1573
tristive1578
desolated1580
dejected1581
à la mort1586
delightless1589
afflicted1590
gladless1590
groanful1590
gloomya1593
muddy1592
sitheful1592
cloudy1594
leaden-hearted1596
disconsolated1598
clum1599
life-weary1599
spiritless1600
dusky1602
chop-fallen1604
flat1604
disanimated1605
jaw-fallen1605
moped1606
chap-fallen1608
decheerful1608
uncheerful1612
lacklustrea1616
pulled1616
dumpya1618
depressed1621
head-hung1632
grum1640
downa1644
dispirited1647
down-at-mouth1649
down in (rarely of) the mouth1649
unhearted1650
sunlessa1658
sadful1658
unlightened1659
chagrin1665
saddened1665
damp1667
moping1674
desponding1688
tristitious1694
unenjoying1697
unraised1697
unheartya1699
unked1698
despondent1699
dismal1705
unjoyful1709
unrejoiced1714
dreara1717
disheartened1720
mumpish1721
unrejoicing1726
downhearted1742
out of spirits1745
chagrineda1754
low-spirited1753
sombrea1767
black-blooded1771
glumpy1780
oorie1787
sombrous1789
morose1791
Novemberish1793
glumpish1800
mopeful1800
die-away1802
blue-devilish1804
blue-devilled1807
malagrugrous1818
down in the hip1826
yonderly1828
sunshineless1831
downfaced1832
broody1851
in a (or the) trough1856
blue-devilly1871
drooped1873
glummy1884
pippy1886
humpy1889
pipped1914
lousy1933
pissed1943
crappy1956
doomy1961
bummed1970
the mind > emotion > humility > humiliation > [adjective]
dejectc1528
broken1535
abased1554
come1564
downfallen1575
snubbed1583
crestfallen1589
humiliate1593
plume-plucked1597
low-broughta1599
chop-fallen1604
chap-fallen1608
dejected1608
humbleda1616
unprided1628
diminished1667
mortified1710
small1771
humiliated1782
squelched1837
grovelleda1845
sat-upon1873
comedown1886
deflated1894
zapped1962
1608 J. Day Humour out of Breath sig. B1v I woulde poure Spirit of life..Into the iawes of chap-falne schollership.
a1651 J. Cleveland To Mrs. K. T. in Poems 16 The Chap~falne Puritan.
1794 J. Wolcot Rights of Kings in Wks. III. 37 But, if his Nymph unfortunately frowns, Sad, chap fall'n, lo! he hangs himself, or drowns!
1881 W. Besant & J. Rice Chaplain of Fleet I. iv. 99 His clerk..stood with staring eyes and open mouth, chap-fallen and terrified.
Derivatives
ˈchapˌfallenly adv.
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the mind > emotion > suffering > dejection > [adverb]
ungladly?c1225
wanlyc1275
dolefullyc1290
ruefullya1300
elengelyc1305
heavisomelya1382
lumpishlyc1450
tristily?c1450
dowlyc1540
unjoyfully1553
tragically1567
dully1600
tragicly1604
heartlessly1606
unjovially1607
dejectedly1611
dejectly1611
disconsolately1614
dumpishly1621
uncheerfullya1628
dolorously1638
mopishly1651
despondingly1656
despondentlya1677
unhappily1688
dismally1709
gloomily1727
grumly1727
joylessly1766
mopingly1788
sombrously1796
glumly1805
malagrugrously1818
funerally1829
broodingly1834
unenjoyingly1844
downheartedly1847
unblissfully1849
droopingly1852
dreichly1853
sombrely1860
dispiritedly1864
glumpily1865
pleasurelessly1873
depressedly1880
chapfallenly1883
sighfully1900
bleakly1938
the mind > emotion > humility > humiliation > [adverb]
abasedly1830
mortifiedly1846
crestfallenly1880
chapfallenly1883
1883 R. Broughton Belinda I. i. vii. 112 ‘You would not like it, of course?’ he says, chapfallenly.
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