crestfallen

1. 1.

   brought low in spirit

   “left us fatigued and deflated spiritually”

   Synonymschapfallenchopfallendeflated

   Similardejected

Questions about crestfallen

What does crestfallen mean?

crestfallen means "brought low in spirit".

How many syllables are in crestfallen?

crestfallen has 3 syllables: crest-fal-len. The stress falls on "crest". In IPA it is /ˈkɹɛstˌfɔlən/.

What is another word for crestfallen?

Close synonyms include chapfallen, chopfallen, deflated. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is crestfallen a common word?

crestfallen is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.