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[ faw-luhn ] / ˈfɔ lən / SEE SYNONYMS FOR fallen ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectivehaving dropped or come down from a higher place, from an upright position, or from a higher level, degree, amount, quality, value, number, etc. on the ground; prostrate; down flat: Exhausted, the racers lay fallen by the road. degraded or immoral. (of a woman) having lost her chastity. overthrown, destroyed, or conquered: a fallen city. OTHER WORDS FROM fallenun·fall·en, adjectiveWords nearby fallenfall behind, fall between the cracks, fallboard, fall by the wayside, fall down, fallen, fallen arch, Fallen Timbers, faller, fallfish, fall flat Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for fallenThis is not the first time the director has fallen for Russian propaganda. Oliver Stone’s Latest Dictator Suckup|James Kirchick|January 5, 2015|DAILY BEAST Murders in the City of Angels have fallen by about half in the last 10 years: no small feat for such a big city. America’s 2014 Murder Capital|Brandy Zadrozny|January 3, 2015|DAILY BEAST Murders are slightly down from 414 last year, but have fallen by about one—third since 2003. America’s 2014 Murder Capital|Brandy Zadrozny|January 3, 2015|DAILY BEAST Luke Skywalker is an evil robot who has fallen to the dark side of the force. Juiciest ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ Rumors (and Some Debunked Ones)|Rich Goldstein|January 3, 2015|DAILY BEAST
They instead announced a tribute to the two fallen officers. Cop Families Boo De Blasio at NYPD Graduation|Michael Daly|December 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST Had that not been the case Bandy-legs could never have fallen down through it to land in the fireplace below. With Trapper Jim in the North Woods|Lawrence J. Leslie The skin of the little brown bat did not comfort the Fire Eater in his fallen state. The Way of an Indian|Frederic Remington It was too dark for her to see his efforts to show her a way out of the mass of fallen rubbish. “It shows that my good counsel has not all fallen on stony soil,” Aline answered laughingly. Lorimer of the Northwest|Harold Bindloss German found the old road blocked up with fallen rocks, so as to be impassable. The Lives of the Saints, Volume II (of 16): February|Sabine Baring-Gould
British Dictionary definitions for fallen
verbthe past participle of fall adjectivehaving sunk in reputation or honoura fallen woman killed in battle with gloryour fallen heroes defeated Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to fallendecayed, collapsed, killed, shaken, loose, shamed, dishonored, slain, lost, perished, slaughtered, immoral, ruinous, sinful, unchaste, casualty |