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Meanings of chapfallen in anglès

Brought low in spirit.

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Examples for "crestfallen"
Examples for "crestfallen"
1
He looks momentarily crestfallen and mutters something about people on work experience.
The Guardian
2
Percy looked so crestfallen at that, Rue decided to gentle her abuse.
Imprudence
3
He managed to look crestfallen, but I still did not trust him.
In the shadow of gotham
4
Major Lake assented, and the crestfallen general did as he was bidden.
John Nicholson, the Lion of the Punjaub
5
He went away crestfallen and his delegation walked into a closed session.
A journey: my political life
1
Has the dismal job market deflated the millennial generation's unrealistic career expectations?
BBC
2
A deflated Du Plessis said after the defeat: We were aiming 260.
The South African
3
If he'd sagged when I mentioned the second guard, he deflated now.
Walking dead
4
The author said when he first watched the trailer he felt deflated.
Radio NZ
5
The beaten calves looked clumpy, protruding in some areas, deflated in others.
Children of dust: a memoir of pakistan
1
Tell us, now, if it ain't private, what you're so chopfallen about.
Barriers Burned Away
2
I was only being a little friendly to her, interrupts the chopfallen man.
Justice in the By-Ways, a Tale of Life
3
A few minutes later Griffin came off, chopfallen and disappointed.
The Wing-and-Wing; Or, Le Feu-Follet
4
Tetlow, chopfallen but obdurate, got himself speedily out of sight.
The Grain of Dust: A Novel
5
The comedian listened in chopfallen amazement.
The Continental Monthly, Vol 6, No 5, November 1864 / Devoted To...
Usage of chapfallen in anglès
1
I was rather chapfallen at this very definite refusal, but persisted feebly:
The Vanishing Man: A Detective Romance
2
They joined our party later in the day, rendering a chapfallen account of their detached service.
Famous Adventures and Prison Escapes of the Civil War
3
The case 'almost broke the heart of poor Whicher' - he 'returned to head-quarters thoroughly chapfallen.
The suspicions of mr. whicher: a shocking murder and the undoing...
4
The priest seemed somewhat chapfallen at her answer.
The Water of the Wondrous Isles
5
Villon's chin had dropped upon his breast; the cock's feather drooped dismally; the singer seemed quite chapfallen.
If I Were King
6
You never saw a man more chapfallen.
Across the Plains, with Other Memories and Essays
7
Extremely chapfallen and deeply disgusted with himself, Armitage bowed, and, muttering something about looking after his luggage, withdrew.
Prince or Chauffeur? A Story of Newport
8
For so chapfallen was I that I wished nothing better than that he should do his worst with me.
Sir Ludar / A Story of the Days of the Great Queen Bess
9
The man slunk off chapfallen.
Sir Ludar / A Story of the Days of the Great Queen Bess
10
Sir Hector was evidently rather taken aback by this answer, and sat down suddenly, with a distinctly chapfallen air.
The Red Thumb Mark
11
His countenance corresponds with the prevailing character of his thoughts, always hopelessly chapfallen; his voice is as of the tomb.
Letters from High Latitudes / Being Some Account of a Voyage in ...
12
The farmers of Fox County told each other in chapfallen appreciation that she was about as level-headed as they make them.
The Imperialist
13
He gave them a drubbing as one horsed his brother in turn, and dropped them, a chapfallen trio, beside their dead.
The Forest Lovers
14
During the whole course of my Life I had never seen a man at first so chapfallen; and then so furiously indignant.
A Journey to the Centre of the Earth
15
Amazed, chapfallen, half-palsied, he stood before her, his fine religious zeal wiped out by fear of that knife in her weak woman's hand.
The Historical Nights' Entertainment: Second Series
16
"Oh," said he, rather chapfallen, "your condescension is a lesson for angels.
Sir Ludar / A Story of the Days of the Great Queen Bess
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