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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

crestfallenness en · NOUN

Etymology

From crestfallen + -ness.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) The quality of being crestfallen.
    • Everywhere a sullen look — everywhere that ineffable aspect of crestfallenness! 1857, Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton, What Will He Do with It?, volume 2, page 152:

Synonyms

woefare · dejection · despondency · dejection · regret · sorrowfulness · forlornness · ill-being · prosternation · wretchedness · blueness · tristfulness · sadness · distress · crestfallenness · mirthless · heartsore · mishappiness · melancholia · drearihead · depression · woe · dolefulness · downheartedness · misery · infelicity · despondency · blues · ruth · sorrow · tristesse · mourn · grief · undelight · downheartedness · rue · melancholy · unhappiness