crestfallenness
English
Etymology
crestfallen + -ness
Noun
crestfallenness (uncountable)
- 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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