chapfallen en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /ˈt͡ʃæpfɔːlən/
Etymology
From chap + fallen; see chap (“jaw”).
Meanings
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Crestfallen, dejected.
Alas poore Yoricke, […] where be your gibes now? your gamboles? your ſongs? your flaſhes of merriment, that were wont to ſet the table on a roare, not one now to mocke your owne grinning, quite chopfalne.
c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, The Tragicall Historie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke: […] (Second Quarto), London: […] I[ames] R[oberts] for N[icholas] L[ing] […], published 1604, →OCLC, [Act V, scene i]:I can't describe to you how chapfallen and angry my cousin looked.
1865, Sheridan Le Fanu, Uncle Silas:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more chapfallen | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most chapfallen | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |
Synonyms
saddened · mournful · morose · gloomy · sombre · grief-stricken · cheerless · elegiac · disconsolate · doleful · sorrowsome · heartsore · tristful · dull · dolesome · down · lugubrious · sad · triste · downsome · threnetical · forlorn · mopey · plaintive · low · sorrowful · down in the mouth · infelicitous · chopfallen · unconsolable · inconsolable · chopfallen · damp · elegious · heartsick · threnetic · wistful · uncheery · lumpish · wretched · cut up · chapfallen · melancholic · down in the dumps · bummed out · downhearted · miserable · grieving · querulous · depressed · woebegone · jawfallen · unhappy · unlively · dismal · solemn · saturnine · sullen · dispirited · despondent · shattered · ruthful · lamentful · Plutonian · crestfallen · moody · sorrow-ridden · passionate · low-spirited · spiritless · melancholy · atrabilious · atrabiliary · heavy-hearted · joyless · woe · disheartened · dejected · blue · glum · lachrymose · blitheless · disgruntled · woeful · Plutonic · downcast · uncheerful