CRESTFALLEN Synonyms: 168 Similar and Opposite Words

crestfallen

adjective

ˈkrest-ˌfȯ-lən

Definition of crestfallen next

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 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 The three brothers from Miami appeared crestfallen as the guilty verdicts came down, shaking their heads in disbelief. —

Molly Crane-Newman, New York Daily News, 9 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for crestfallen

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The other six ascended to the highest office in the land as a result of the dysfunction that has made Peru a punch line in political-science circles, a sad story of ungovernability played on a loop.

— Daniel Alarcón, New Yorker, 4 June 2026
There’s a one-note quality to the film’s comedy that grows steadily, even deliberately, more abrasive over two hours, but the sad, brash, gradually shrinking bigness of the personalities at its center holds your attention.

— Guy Lodge, Variety, 4 June 2026