chapfallen

English

Etymology

chap +‎ fallen; see chap (“jaw”).

Adjective

chapfallen (comparative more chapfallen, superlative most chapfallen)

  1. crestfallen, dejected
    • Washington Irving
      […] he certainly sallied forth, after no very great interval, with an air quite desolate and chapfallen […]
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