Resentful vs Crestfallen - What's the difference?
resentful | crestfallen | Related terms |
Inclined to resent, who tends to harbor resentment, when .
Harboring resentment, full of resentment, at a given moment.
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.
Resentful is a related term of crestfallen.
As adjectives the difference between resentful and crestfallen
is that resentful is inclined to resent, who tends to harbor resentment, when while crestfallen is sad because of a recent disappointment.resentful
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(en adjective)Synonyms
* (Inclined to resent) unforgiving, spiteful * (Full of resentment) bitterDerived terms
* resentfully * resentfulnessReferences
* * *crestfallen
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{{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.
