CREST-FALLEN
\kɹˈɛstfˈɔːlən], \kɹˈɛstfˈɔːlən], \k_ɹ_ˈɛ_s_t_f_ˈɔː_l_ə_n]\
Definitions of CREST-FALLEN
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Dejected; humiliated; cowed.
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By Thomas Sheridan
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