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Meanings of chapfallen in inglês

Brought low in spirit.

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Usage of chapfallen in inglês
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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...
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The priest seemed somewhat chapfallen at her answer.
The Water of the Wondrous Isles
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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
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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
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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
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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 ...
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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
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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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