crestfallenadj.

Brit.

/ˈkrɛstˌfɔːlən/, U.S.

/ˈkrɛs(t)ˈˌfɔlən/,

/ˈkrɛs(t)ˈˌfɑlən/

1. With drooping crest; hence, cast down in confidence, spirits, or courage; humbled, abashed, disheartened, dispirited, dejected.

ΘΠ

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

1589 J. Lyly Pappe with Hatchet D iv b O how meager and leane hee lookt, so creast falne, that his combe hung downe to his bill.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 2 (1623) iv. i. 60 Let it make thee Crest-falne, I, and alay this thy abortiue Pride.

1668 A. Marvell Let. 28 Nov. in Poems & Lett. (1971) II. 82 He is here a kind of decrepit yong gentleman & terribly crest-faln.

1861 W. M. Thackeray Four Georges iii. 117 Slinking back into the club somewhat crestfallen after his beating.

2. Of a horse: see quot. 1725.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > ill health > animal disease or disorder > disorders of horses > [adjective] > other disorders of horses

incorded1566

crest-sunk1618

crestfallen1696

chest-foundered1703

clapped1760

eastern1933

1696 London Gaz. No. 3217/4 A grey Gelding..black mane and tail, and a little Crest-fallen.

1725 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Œconomique Crestfallen, a Distemper in Horses, when the Part on which the Main grows, which is the upper Part thereof, and call'd the Crest, hangs either to one Side or the other, and does not stand upright as it ought to do.

Derivatives

ˈcrestˌfallenly adv.

ΘΠ

the mind > emotion > humility > humiliation > [adverb]

abasedly1830

mortifiedly1846

crestfallenly1880

chapfallenly1883

1880 R. Broughton Second Thoughts I. i. ii. 28 The Squire is crestfallenly eying the shipwreck of his hopes.

ˈcrestˌfallenness n.

ΘΠ

the mind > emotion > humility > humiliation > [noun] > humiliated condition

powderc1300

dusta1340

abjection?a1425

abasement1567

abjectness1574

dejectedness1608

abjectedness1660

crestfallenness1859

1859 E. Bulwer-Lytton What will he do with It? (1st Edinb. ed.) II. iv. i. 4 That ineffable aspect of crestfallenness!

1890 R. Broughton Alas! II. xxiv. 125 A look of mortification and crestfallenness.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	crestfallen
释义	crestfallenadj. Brit. /ˈkrɛstˌfɔːlən/, U.S. /ˈkrɛs(t)ˈˌfɔlən/, /ˈkrɛs(t)ˈˌfɑlən/ 1. With drooping crest; hence, cast down in confidence, spirits, or courage; humbled, abashed, disheartened, dispirited, dejected. ΘΠ 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 1589 J. Lyly Pappe with Hatchet D iv b O how meager and leane hee lookt, so creast falne, that his combe hung downe to his bill. a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 2 (1623) iv. i. 60 Let it make thee Crest-falne, I, and alay this thy abortiue Pride. View more context for this quotation 1668 A. Marvell Let. 28 Nov. in Poems & Lett. (1971) II. 82 He is here a kind of decrepit yong gentleman & terribly crest-faln. 1861 W. M. Thackeray Four Georges iii. 117 Slinking back into the club somewhat crestfallen after his beating. 2. Of a horse: see quot. 1725. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > animal disease or disorder > disorders of horses > [adjective] > other disorders of horses incorded1566 crest-sunk1618 crestfallen1696 chest-foundered1703 clapped1760 eastern1933 1696 London Gaz. No. 3217/4 A grey Gelding..black mane and tail, and a little Crest-fallen. 1725 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Œconomique Crestfallen, a Distemper in Horses, when the Part on which the Main grows, which is the upper Part thereof, and call'd the Crest, hangs either to one Side or the other, and does not stand upright as it ought to do. Derivatives ˈcrestˌfallenly adv. ΘΠ the mind > emotion > humility > humiliation > [adverb] abasedly1830 mortifiedly1846 crestfallenly1880 chapfallenly1883 1880 R. Broughton Second Thoughts I. i. ii. 28 The Squire is crestfallenly eying the shipwreck of his hopes. ˈcrestˌfallenness n. ΘΠ the mind > emotion > humility > humiliation > [noun] > humiliated condition powderc1300 dusta1340 abjection?a1425 abasement1567 abjectness1574 dejectedness1608 abjectedness1660 crestfallenness1859 1859 E. Bulwer-Lytton What will he do with It? (1st Edinb. ed.) II. iv. i. 4 That ineffable aspect of crestfallenness! 1890 R. Broughton Alas! II. xxiv. 125 A look of mortification and crestfallenness. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1589
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