crestfallenness

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noun

The quality of being crestfallen.

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Meanings

nouncrestfallenness (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe quality of being crestfallen.

    Everywhere a sullen look — everywhere that ineffable aspect of crestfallenness!

    1857, Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton, What Will He Do with It?, volume 2, page 152

    Synonyms: despondency, dejection, downheartedness, blueness, tristesse, mirthlessness, blues, dejection

Synonyms & antonyms

nounThe quality of being crestfallen.

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bluenessbluesdejectiondepressiondespondencydolefulnessdownheartednessdreariheadforlornnessgriefheartsoremelancholiamelancholymiserymishappinessmournprosternationremorserueruthsadnesssorrowsorrowfulnesstristfulnessundelightunhappinesswoewoefarewretchedness

Origin

From crestfallen + -ness.

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APA

crestfallenness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/crestfallenness

MLA

“crestfallenness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/crestfallenness. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “crestfallenness,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/crestfallenness.

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