Brian seems crestfallen.
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Crestfallen
//ˈkɹɛstfɔlən//
Synonyms for "crestfallen" (140 found)
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Adjective(1 words)
Related words (70)
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Synonyms
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3 entriesderived from
2 entriesrelated to
3 entriessimilar
1 entriesTranslations
56 translations across 17 languages.
Bulgarian
3 entries- клюмнал adj (sad because of a recent disappointment)
- паднал духом adj (depressed)
- унил adj (sad because of a recent disappointment)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 喪氣 /丧气 adj (sad because of a recent disappointment)
- 垂頭喪氣 /垂头丧气 adj (sad because of a recent disappointment)
- 氣餒 /气馁 adj (sad because of a recent disappointment)
- 沮喪 /沮丧 adj (depressed)
Czech
2 entries- skleslý adj (sad because of a recent disappointment)
- sklíčený adj (sad because of a recent disappointment)
Dutch
3 entries- beteuterd adj (sad because of a recent disappointment)
- gedeprimeerd adj (depressed)
- terneergeslagen adj (depressed)
Finnish
4 entries- allapäin adj (sad because of a recent disappointment)
- allapäin adj (depressed)
- masentunut adj (depressed)
- pää painuksissa adj (sad because of a recent disappointment)
French
2 entries- abattu adj (sad because of a recent disappointment)
- déçu adj (sad because of a recent disappointment)
German
3 entries- enttäuscht adj (sad because of a recent disappointment)
- geknickt adj (sad because of a recent disappointment)
- niedergeschlagen adj (depressed)
Hungarian
4 entries- csalódott adj (sad because of a recent disappointment)
- csüggedt adj (depressed)
- elszontyolodott adj (sad because of a recent disappointment)
- letört adj (sad because of a recent disappointment)
Italian
1 entries- a testa bassa adj (sad because of a recent disappointment)
Macedonian
2 entries- нераспо́ложен adj (depressed)
- по́тиснат adj (sad because of a recent disappointment)
Māori
3 entries- para adj (sad because of a recent disappointment)
- parakore adj (sad because of a recent disappointment)
- tapou adj (sad because of a recent disappointment)
Polish
4 entries- frasobliwy adj (sad because of a recent disappointment)
- strapiony adj (sad because of a recent disappointment)
- zafrasowany adj (sad because of a recent disappointment)
- zmartwiony adj (sad because of a recent disappointment)
Portuguese
1 entries- cabisbaixo adj (sad because of a recent disappointment)
Romanian
4 entries- dezamăgit adj (sad because of a recent disappointment)
- dezamăgite adj (sad because of a recent disappointment)
- dezamăgită adj (sad because of a recent disappointment)
- dezamăgiți adj (sad because of a recent disappointment)
Russian
4 entries- па́дший ду́хом adj (depressed)
- пода́вленный adj (sad because of a recent disappointment)
- пода́вленный adj (depressed)
- удручённый adj (depressed)
Spanish
4 entries- abatido adj (sad because of a recent disappointment)
- alicaído adj (sad because of a recent disappointment)
- cariacontecido adj (sad because of a recent disappointment)
- de capa caída adj (sad because of a recent disappointment)
Swedish
1 entries- modfälld adj (sad because of a recent disappointment)
Sample sentences
15 total sentences available.
The boy was crestfallen when he wasn't allowed to go on the trip.
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Tom looked crestfallen.
Source: tatoeba (9206453)
Tom was crestfallen.
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