Work began on establishing the cemeteries as permanent memorials to the fallen.
3. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun]
In the Christian religion, fallen can be used to describe people or angels after the time when they sinned and were punished by God.
...Lucifer, the fallen angel.
4. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun]
In the past, people described a woman as a fallen woman when she was no longer respected because she had had sex with someone that she was not married to.
[old-fashioned, disapproval]
5. See also fall
More Synonyms of fallen
fallen in British English
(ˈfɔːlən)
verb
1. the past participle of fall
adjective
2.
having sunk in reputation or honour
a fallen idol
3.
killed in battle with glory
our fallen heroes
4.
defeated
fallen in American English
(ˈfɔlən)
verb intransitive
1. pp. of
fall
adjective
2.
having come down; dropped
3.
on the ground; prostrate
4.
having lost status or moral reputation; degraded
5.
captured; overthrown
6.
ruined; destroyed
7.
dead
Word origin
ME, pp. of fallen, to fall
More idioms containing
fallen
a fallen angel
the scales have fallen from someone's eyes
Examples of 'fallen' in a sentence
fallen
Lirael's scarf had fallen back, letting her long black hair tumble out.
Garth Nix LIRAEL: DAUGHTER OF THE CLAYR (2001)
I fell heavily on my shoulder and kicked out at whatever I had fallen over, which groaned.
Robert Wilson INSTRUMENTS OF DARKNESS (2001)
Everything I stood for, believed in and cherished has fallen.
Robert Wilson THE COMPANY OF STRANGERS (2001)
All related terms of 'fallen'
fall
If someone or something falls , they move quickly downwards onto or towards the ground, by accident or because of a natural force.
pinfall
to descend by the force of gravity from a higher to a lower place
fallen arch
collapse of the arch formed by the instep of the foot, resulting in flat feet
fallen idol
If you refer to someone as a fallen idol , you mean that they have lost people's respect and admiration because of something bad that they have done.
a fallen angel
someone once good or successful who has become bad or unsuccessful
fall for
If you fall for someone, you are strongly attracted to them and start loving them.
fall in
If a roof or ceiling falls in , it collapses and falls to the ground.
fall off
If something falls off , it separates from the thing to which it was attached and moves towards the ground.
fall on
If you fall on something when it arrives or appears, you eagerly seize it or welcome it.
fall out
If something such as a person's hair or a tooth falls out , it comes out.
fall to
If a responsibility , duty , or opportunity falls to someone, it becomes their responsibility, duty, or opportunity.
fall away
If something falls away from the thing it is attached to, it breaks off.
fall back
If you fall back , you move backwards a short distance away from someone or something.
fall down
If an argument, organization, or person falls down on a particular point, they are weak or unsatisfactory on that point.
fall into
If you fall into conversation or a discussion with someone, usually someone you have just met , you start having a conversation or discussion with them.
fall over
If a person or object that is standing falls over , they accidentally move from their upright position so that they are then lying on the ground or on the surface supporting them.
free fall
If the value or price of something goes into free fall , it starts to fall uncontrollably.
fall about
If you say that people are falling about , you mean that they are laughing a lot about something.
fall among
to enter the company of (a group of people), esp by chance
fall apart
If something falls apart , it breaks into pieces because it is old or badly made.
fall behind
If you fall behind , you do not make progress or move forward as fast as other people.
fall through
If an arrangement , plan , or deal falls through , it fails to happen .
fall back on
If you fall back on something, you do it or use it after other things have failed .
fall in with
If you fall in with an idea, plan , or system, you accept it and do not try to change it.
fallout
Fallout is the radiation that affects a particular place or area after a nuclear explosion has taken place.
the scales have fallen from someone's eyes
said to mean that someone suddenly realizes the truth about something after a long period of not understanding it or of being deceived about it
Chinese translation of 'fallen'
fallen
(ˈfɔːlən)
pp
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Seefell
Nearby words of
fallen
fall through
fall to
fallacy
fallen
fallout
false
false alarm
All related terms of 'fallen'
fall
( person, object ) 掉 diào ⇒ Bombs fell in the town. → 炸弹掉进城里。 Zhàdàn diàojìn chéng li. ⇒ Her father fell into the sea. → 她父亲掉到海里了。 Tā fùqīn diàodào hǎi li le.
fall in
( roof, ceiling ) 塌陷 tāxiàn
fall to
▶ to fall to sb to do sth ( responsibility ) 做某事的责(責)任落在某人身上 zuò mǒushì de zérèn luòzài mǒurén shēnshang