as in sad
feeling unhappiness she was crestfallen when she found out she hadn't got the job

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Recent Examples of crestfallen When Will Zellers was first told by his advisor that he was traded last March, the Green Bay Gambler was crestfallen. Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 3 July 2025 But on Tuesday, the Royals found a way to pick up their crestfallen teammate in a 10-7 victory. Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 4 June 2025 The Catalans went into the latest addition of the world’s biggest derby crestfallen after Tuesday’s painful Champions League semifinal second leg exit to Inter Milan. Tom Sanderson, Forbes.com, 12 May 2025 Giana Sabatino, a shelter worker at the Providence Animal Center in Pennsylvania, posted the clip of Sadie the dog looking crestfallen within the confines of a kennel. Gordon G. Chang, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for crestfallen
Recent Examples of Synonyms for crestfallen
Adjective
  • Is this a deeply sad, award-winning tearjerker of a drama?
    James Factora, Them., 26 Sep. 2025
  • The schism that developed between Ric and Ben is a very sad part of the story.
    Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 26 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • This isn't the first time the internet has been left heartbroken when a dog didn't want to play.
    Alice Gibbs, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Sep. 2025
  • My newlywed wife was heartbroken.
    Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 23 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Roseanne Barr is unhappy that Jimmy Kimmel is back on the air.
    Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 24 Sep. 2025
  • There is a form of right-of-center liberalism that is content with status hierarchies, that is very unhappy with anything that makes people feel reprimanded.
    Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 23 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • The writer, known for her trailblazing work in confessional poetry, was clinically depressed and died by suicide at age 30.
    Rachel Raposas, PEOPLE, 30 Sep. 2025
  • Barbeau had been living alone, depressed and isolated since Jessica’s death.
    Jon Michael Varese, The Atlantic, 28 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • The same goes for Treinen, who endured a miserable September, allowing 12 runs (10 earned) in 9 1/3 innings.
    Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2025
  • And so, a miserable team performance was cemented into a 26-21 loss, the team’s first of the year.
    Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 29 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Most of all, the Blue Jays need to stop feeling sorry for themselves, or aggrieved by the umpiring crew, and lock in on driving the baseball again.
    Jackson Roberts, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Sep. 2025
  • Just not a freak that way, sorry.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 24 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Dart wasn’t the only Giants rookie to have a substantial impact in the upset victory.
    Dane Brugler, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Nudge your kids to make decisions for themselves, even when other people are upset.
    Megan Sauer, CNBC, 30 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • For Esquinas, the goal is to balance melancholy with hope.
    Callum McLennan, Variety, 24 Sep. 2025
  • Although the play has its melancholy moments, Shakina doesn’t dwell on them.
    Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Sep. 2025

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“Crestfallen.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crestfallen. Accessed 2 Oct. 2025.

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