crestfallenness

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

crestfallen +‎ -ness

Noun[edit]

crestfallenness (uncountable)

  1. The quality of being crestfallen.
    • 1857, Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton, What Will He Do with It?, volume 2, page 152:
      Everywhere a sullen look — everywhere that ineffable aspect of crestfallenness!
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