crestfallen
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++crest·fal·len /ˈkrestˌfɔːlən $ -ˌfɒːl-/ adjective DISAPPOINTEDlooking disappointed and upset 沮丧的，垂头丧气的 SYN downcast He came back looking crestfallen. 他回来时看上去垂头丧气的。► see thesaurus at disappointed
Examples from the Corpus
crestfallen• She ripped open the package but found nothing in it but shoes. She was crestfallen.• He looked really wretched and crestfallen.• More often than not he came back to his apartment empty-handed and crestfallen.• The President made a rum effort at greeting her news with enthusiasm, but I could see he was crestfallen.• Claude seemed crestfallen, and that was hard for me.• Steve looked crestfallen as he returned from the mailbox empty-handed.• Wasswa went off, with a crestfallen look, and I began my examination.• He looked so crestfallen Preston felt sorry for him.• He looked so crestfallen that Old Bulldog didn't know what to do for a minute.• Stafford looked crestfallen when he was told about the layoffs.crest·fal·len adjectiveChineseSyllable
Corpus looking disappointed and upset
crestfallen
crest‧fal‧len /ˈkrestˌfɔːlən $ -ˌfɒːl-/
adjective
looking disappointed and upset
SYN downcast:
He came back looking crestfallen.
■ very disappointed
▪gutted [not before noun] British English informal extremely disappointed, especially because you were unsuccessful: I was gutted when we lost the game.
▪crestfallen literary looking very disappointed and sad, especially when you suddenly realise that something you want cannot happen: Gary looked crestfallen as they calculated how much money they would need. | a crestfallen look
crest‧fal‧len /ˈkrestˌfɔːlən $ -ˌfɒːl-/
adjectivelooking disappointed and upset
SYN downcast:
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