- crestfallenness
- noun see crestfallen
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
crestfallenness
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crestfallenness — See crestfallenly. * * * … Universalium
crestfallenness — crest·fall·en·ness … English syllables
crestfallenness — noun see crestfallen … Useful english dictionary
crestfallen — adjective Date: 1589 1. having a drooping crest or hanging head 2. feeling shame or humiliation ; dejected • crestfallenly adverb • crestfallenness noun … New Collegiate Dictionary
crestfallen — crestfallenly, adv. crestfallenness, n. /krest faw leuhn/, adj. 1. dejected; dispirited; discouraged. 2. having a drooping crest or head. [1580 90; CREST + FALLEN] * * * … Universalium
dejection — n disheartenment, dispiritedness, low spiritedness, downheartedness, low spirits, downcastness; discouragement, disappointment, crestfallenness, broken heartedness, heartsickness; unhappiness, cheerlessness, glumness, gloominess, dolefulness,… … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
depression — n 1. indentation, dent, dint, dimple, recess; hollow, concavity, cavity, pit, hole; dip, bowl, sink, sink hole, swallow, swallow hole. 2. downheartedness, low spirits, crestfallenness; sadness, melancholy, blues, doldrums. See dejection. 3.(of… … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
crestfallen — /ˈkrɛstfɔlən / (say krestfawluhn) adjective 1. dejected; dispirited; depressed. 2. with drooping crest. –crestfallenly, adverb –crestfallenness, noun …
