Hypertext Webster Gateway: "crestfallen"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Crestfallen \Crest"fall`en\ (-f?l`'n), a.
1. With hanging head; hence, dispirited; dejected; cowed.
Let it make thee crestfullen; Ay, and allay this thy
abortive pride. --Shak.
2. Having the crest, or upper part of the neck, hanging to
one side; -- said of a horse.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
crestfallen
adj : brought low in spirit; "left us fatigued and deflated
spiritually" [syn: {chapfallen}, {chopfallen}, {deflated}]
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