chapfallen
/ˈt͡ʃæpfɔːlən/
chapfallen adjective: crestfallen, dejected.
Adjective
chapfallen (comparative more chapfallen, superlative most chapfallen)
- Crestfallen, dejected.
- Alas poore Yoricke, […] where be your gibes now? your gamboles? your ſongs? your flaſhes of merriment, that were wont to ſet the table on a roare, not one now to mocke your owne grinning, quite chopfalne.c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, The Tragicall Historie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke: […] (Second Quarto), London: […] I[ames] R[oberts] for N[icholas] L[ing] […], published 1604...
- I can't describe to you how chapfallen and angry my cousin looked.1865, Sheridan Le Fanu, Uncle Silas
- Synonyms:
- chopfallen, atrabiliary, atrabilious, blitheless, dispirited, blue, bummed out, cheerless, crestfallen, cut up
Synonyms of chapfallen
- chopfallen
- atrabiliary
- atrabilious
- blitheless
- dispirited
- blue
- bummed out
- cheerless
- crestfallen
- cut up
30 more synonymsFewer synonyms
- damp
- dejected
- depressed
- despondent
- disgruntled
- disconsolate
- disheartened
- dismal
- doleful
- dolesome
- down
- down in the dumps
- down in the mouth
- downcast
- downhearted
- downsome
- dull
- elegiac
- elegious
- forlorn
- gloomy
- glum
- grief-stricken
- grieving
- heavy-hearted
- heartsore
- heartsick
- inconsolable
- infelicitous
- jawfallen
Forms of chapfallen
| comparative | more chapfallen |
|---|---|
| superlative | most chapfallen |
Origin of chapfallen
From chap + fallen; see chap (“jaw”).
Questions about chapfallen
- What does chapfallen mean?
- Chapfallen means crestfallen, dejected.
- What part of speech is chapfallen?
- Chapfallen is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce chapfallen?
- Chapfallen is pronounced /ˈt͡ʃæpfɔːlən/.
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