Synonyms of crestfallen

crestfallen

adjective

ˈkrest-ˌfȯ-lən 

as in sad

feeling unhappiness

she was crestfallen when she found out she hadn't got the job

Synonyms & Similar Words

• sad
• heartbroken
• unhappy
• depressed
• miserable
• sorry
• upset
• melancholy
• worried
• disappointed
• bad
• dejected
• disconsolate
• downcast
• sorrowful
• despondent
• hopeless
• uneasy
• mournful
• woebegone
• glum
• heartsick
• saddened
• forlorn
• troubled
• inconsolable
• joyless
• doleful
• hangdog
• gloomy
• brokenhearted
• blue
• distressed
• woeful
• melancholic
• wretched
• downhearted
• droopy
• depressing
• down
• suicidal
• low-spirited
• heavyhearted
• discouraged
• down in the mouth
• heartsore
• despairing
• aggrieved
• low
• dispirited
• sunk
• tearful
• cast down
• disheartened
• grieving
• weeping
• regretful
• bleak
• anguished
• somber
• unquiet
• lugubrious
• lachrymose
• plaintive
• sullen
• desolate
• morose
• rueful
• agonized
• dolorous
• morbid
• wailing
• cheerless
• dismal
• gray
• saturnine
• dreary
• dark
• elegiac
• funereal
• black
• comfortless
• darkening
• drear
• murky

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• jubilant
• happy
• glad
• delighted
• cheerful
• joyous
• ecstatic
• gleeful
• joyful
• buoyant
• exultant
• cheery
• blissful
• buoyed
• exuberant
• upbeat
• enraptured
• rapturous
• sunny
• euphoric
• merry
• excited
• chipper
• jovial
• jolly
• optimistic
• mirthful
• hopeful
• rhapsodic
• blithe
• elated
• overjoyed
• jocular
• sanguine
• rosy
• jocose
• exhilarated
• gladdened
• entranced
• gladsome
• smiling
• spirited
• satisfied
• blithesome
• energetic
• encouraged
• jocund
• lively
• perky
• pleased
• vital
• thrilled
• vivacious
• laughing
• content
• gratified
• animated
• sprightly
• jaunty
• bouncing
• frisky
• lightsome
• grinning
• unconcerned
• peppy
• springy
• heartened
• careless
• zippy
• carefree
• cavalier
• lighthearted
• easygoing
• insouciant
• boon
• beaming
• sprightful
• happy-go-lucky
• devil-may-care

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of crestfallen

Here, though, the crestfallen faces in the crowd tell their own story after West Bromwich Albion had outclassed Wrexham in the first home game at this level for 43 years. — Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 11 May 2026

The song ends with a spoken-word segment, Allen’s crestfallen comments from her side of the call, which live on stage introduced a rowdiness to its story. — Peter Larsen, Daily News, 26 Apr. 2026

Ortega, meanwhile, sounds unmistakably like a Rachel Sennott character, except that Ortega plays Sennott better than Sennott plays herself, especially when called to be crestfallen or truly upset. — Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 10 Apr. 2026

Olitzky’s sermon left him crestfallen. — Eyal Press, New Yorker, 30 Mar. 2026