CRESTFALLENNESS Synonyms: 50 Similar and Opposite Words

crestfallenness

noun

as in discontent

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Noun

Working people, meanwhile, continue to struggle with the rising cost of living, and discontent seems destined to boil over.

— Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 10 Sep. 2026
The result underlined AfD's skill in harnessing discontent with issues well beyond its core theme of curbing immigration as an unpopular national government struggles to turn around a stubbornly sluggish economy.

— ABC News, ABC News, 9 Sep. 2026

Definition of discontent

Noun

But any new owner was likely to be championed, so great was the dissatisfaction.

— Andy McCullough, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2026
But for Amal, a new way of thinking about her future is dawning, and with it, potential dissatisfaction with what previously had been her set role in life.

— Jay Weissberg, Variety, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of dissatisfaction

Noun

There were five five-star QBs in that class, of which only one, Texas’s Arch Manning, remains at his original school, and two, Jackson Arnold and Malachi Nelson, have been major disappointments.

— Stewart Mandel, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026
This trial result was the third drug-trial disappointment for the company in a week.

— Fred Imbert, CNBC, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of disappointment

Noun

Mbappe almost became the poster boy for general discontentment as Madrid’s season slipped away following the sacking of Xabi Alonso in January.

— Dermot Corrigan, New York Times, 1 July 2026
However, with the LLC and Fictitious Business Name registrations lapsed, the Ziyadehs had little recourse other than to voice their discontentment.

— Sean Timberlake, Sacbee.com, 24 June 2026

Definition of discontentment

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People in New York City looked up in shock and dismay; people everywhere else watched their favorite anchors on old-fashioned television sets and looked for updates on very rudimentary versions of news websites.

— Brian Stelter, CNN Money, 10 Sep. 2026
It is disjointed beyond belief, a wrestling match between dismay and elation.

— George Caulkin, New York Times, 7 Sep. 2026

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