S vs Crestfallen - What's the difference?
s | crestfallen |
The nineteenth letter of the .
voiceless alveolar fricative
Symbol for second , an SI unit of measurement of time.
Image:Latin S.png, Capital and lowercase versions of S , in normal and italic type
Image:Fraktur letter S.png, Uppercase and lowercase S in Fraktur
Symbols for SI units
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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.
As a letter s
is the letter s with a.As an adjective crestfallen is
sad because of a recent disappointment.s
Translingual
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(Latn-script) * * (esh) * (dze) * {{Letter , page=S , NATO=Sierra , Morse=··· , Character=S , Braille=? }}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.