Meanings
comparative more chopfallen · superlative most chopfallen · alternative chop-fallen
- Synonym of chapfallen.
One chop-fallen runner trod upon the heels of another, each with a repetition of his diversified nothings […].
1792, Thomas Holcroft, Anna St. Ives, vol. VI, letter 1131 more example
Something, however, I fear me, must have gone wrong, for he certainly sallied forth, after no very great interval, with an air quite desolate and chopfallen— […]
1820 March 5, Geoffrey Crayon [pseudonym; Washington Irving], “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow”, in The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent., number VI, New York, N.Y.: […] C[ornelius] S. Van Winkle, […], →OCLC, page 102Synonyms: chapfallen
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveSynonym of chapfallen.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectivebrought low in spirit
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