crestfallen
/ˈkɹɛstfɔlən/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.16 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Example Sentences
- "Tom's cheeks burned. He gathered himself up and sneaked off, crushed and crestfallen."
- "Gregson looked quite crest-fallen."
- "Hall tried to convey everything by grimaces and dumb show, but Mrs. Hall was obdurate. She raised her voice. So Hall and Henfrey, rather crestfallen, tiptoed back to the bar, gesticulating to explain to her."
- "'He did it awfully well,' said the crestfallen Rat."
- "I rushed there; no lamp! Crestfallen, I returned to my guru."
- "And we can sense that, though permanently crestfallen, there is something in his nature, which makes him accept solitude, that is rather fearless."
Etymology
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈkɹɛstfɔlən/
- British English: /ˈkɹɛstfɔːlən/
Usage
Inflected Forms
more crestfallen (comparative)
most crestfallen (superlative)
Derived Forms
Phrases
crest-fall