Chapfallen

//ˈt͡ʃæpfɔːlən// adj

adj ·Moderate ·High school level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    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."

Adjective
  1. 1
    brought low in spirit wordnet

Synonyms

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abashedafflictedagitatedashamedatrabiliaryatrabilious

Example

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"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."

Etymology

From chap + fallen; see chap (“jaw”).

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