Synonyms for crestfallen
- adjective
Most common
Synonyms by meaning
Adjective
1. Depressed
dejected, disconsolate, despondent, abashed, downcast, melancholy, sad, gloomy, unhappy, sullen, depressed, doleful, sorrowful, mopey, moody, blue, low-spirited, heavy, woebegone, dispirited, glum, forlorn
2. Disheartened — sad because of a disappointment
3. Deflated
Other
Definitions
- adj. 1
Sad because of a disappointment.
Related words
- Word family
- crestfallenness
Example sentences
- dejected He was left behind on Mars and is feeling dejected now.
- despondent Millions of Russians feel cheated and despondent.
- disconsolate A wilder or more disconsolate dwelling it was perhaps difficult to conceive.
- abashed He was not at all abashed by her open admiration.
- humiliated I have never been so humiliated in my entire life.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| crestfallen | rising | |
| dejected | rising | |
| despondent | rising | |
| disconsolate | rising | |
| abashed | rising | |
| humiliated | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 3 letters
- sad1
- 4 letters
- blue1, glum1
- 5 letters
- heavy2, moody2, mopey
- 6 letters
- gloomy2, sullen2
- 7 letters
- unhappy3, forlorn2, doleful2, abashed2
- 8 letters
- deflated3, dejected3, downcast2
- 9 letters
- depressed2, sorrowful3, woebegone3
- 10 letters
- melancholy4, humiliated5, despondent3, dispirited4, chapfallen, chopfallen
- 12 letters
- disappointed4, disheartened3, disconsolate
- 13 letters
- disillusioned4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (heavy2 = 2 syllables).