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Meanings of chapfallen in English

Brought low in spirit.

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        Usage of chapfallen in English
        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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