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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Crestfallen \Crest"fall`en\ (-f?l`'n), a.
1. With hanging head; hence dispirited; dejected; cowed.
Let it make thee crestfullen; Ay and allay this thy
abortive pride. --Shak.
2. Having the crest, or upper part of the neck, hanging to
one side -- said of a horse.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
crestfallen
adj : brought low in spirit; "left us fatigued and deflated
spiritually" [syn: {chapfallen}, {chopfallen}, {deflated}]
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