Crestfallen vs Maudlin - What's the difference?
crestfallen | maudlin |
Sad because of a recent disappointment.
Depressed.
(obsolete, of a horse) Having the crest, or upper part of the neck, hanging to one side.
'Yes,' said Holmes; 'by John Underwood and Sons, 129, Camberwell Road.'
Gregson looked quite crestfallen .
'I had no idea that you noticed that,'he said. "Have you been there?'
'No.'" * 1897 — , ch. 12 *: Hall tried to convey everything by grimaces and dumb show, but Mrs. Hall was obdurate. She raised her voice. So Hall and Henfrey, rather crestfallen , tiptoed back to the bar, gesticulating to explain to her. * 1908 — , ch. 6 *: 'He did it awfully well,' said the crestfallen Rat. * 1946 — , ch. 15 *: I rushed there; no lamp! Crestfallen , I returned to my guru. * 2010 — , ch. -3 *: Yes, unfortunately, she'd heard him correctly. She was crestfallen . Here she'd come so far to ask him the question, and he didn't know the answer. (obsolete, Christianity) The Magdalene; (Mary Magdalene).
* c. 1400 , (trans.), The Mirror of the Blessed Life of Jesus Christ :
* 1653 , (Nicholas Culpeper), The English Physician Enlarged , Folio Society 2007, p. 186:
(obsolete) A Magdalene house; a brothel.
Affectionate or sentimental in an effusive, tearful, or foolish manner, especially because of drunkenness.
*around 1900 , O. Henry,
Extravagantly or excessively sentimental; mawkish, self-pitying.
*1961 ,
(obsolete) Tearful, lachrymose.
As adjectives the difference between crestfallen and maudlin
is that crestfallen is sad because of a recent disappointment while maudlin is affectionate or sentimental in an effusive, tearful, or foolish manner, especially because of drunkenness.As a noun maudlin is
(obsolete|christianity) the magdalene; (mary magdalene).crestfallen
English
Adjective
(en adjective)Quotations
{{timeline, 1800s=1876 1887 1897, 1900s=1908 1946, 2000s=2010}} * 1876 — , ch. XII *: Tom's cheeks burned. He gathered himself up and sneaked off, crushed and crestfallen . * 1887 — , ch. VI *: "'...You remember the hat beside the dead man?''Yes,' said Holmes; 'by John Underwood and Sons, 129, Camberwell Road.'
Gregson looked quite crestfallen .
'I had no idea that you noticed that,'he said. "Have you been there?'
'No.'" * 1897 — , ch. 12 *: Hall tried to convey everything by grimaces and dumb show, but Mrs. Hall was obdurate. She raised her voice. So Hall and Henfrey, rather crestfallen , tiptoed back to the bar, gesticulating to explain to her. * 1908 — , ch. 6 *: 'He did it awfully well,' said the crestfallen Rat. * 1946 — , ch. 15 *: I rushed there; no lamp! Crestfallen , I returned to my guru. * 2010 — , ch. -3 *: Yes, unfortunately, she'd heard him correctly. She was crestfallen . Here she'd come so far to ask him the question, and he didn't know the answer.
Synonyms
* (sad because of a recent disappointment): disappointed, disillusioned * (depressed): blue, dejected, despondent, depressed, downcast, down in the dumps, sorrowfulDerived terms
* crest-fall * crestfallenly * crestfallennessmaudlin
English
Noun
(en noun)- for alle they wor?chipden hir ?ouereynly / as worthy was / but ?pecially Mawdelayne / that wolde neuere departe fro hir.
- Common Maudlin have somewhat long and narrow leaves, snipped about the edges.
Adjective
(en adjective)- He was a drunkard, and had not known it. What he had fondly imagined was a pleasant exhilaration had been maudlin intoxication.
- ''On the rebound one passes into tears and pathos. Maudlin tears. I almost prefer the moments of agony. These are at least clean and honest. But the bath of self-pity, the wallow, the loathsome sticky-sweet pleasure of indulging it — that disgusts me.