(a.) With hanging head; hence, dispirited; dejected; cowed.
(a.) Having the crest, or upper part of the neck, hanging to one side; -- said of a horse.
Example Sentences:
(1) They were crestfallen at the end, Van Buyten departing the arena close to tears with this surely the 36-year-old’s last involvement at a major finals.
(2) England's crestfallen players returned to their training complex at Royal Bafokeng, outside Rustenburg, on Sunday evening having suffered their worst ever defeat at the World Cup at the Free State stadium.
(3) Looking crestfallen, Andrew Mitchell stood on the steps of the high court and signalled that he would be ending his campaign to clear his name over the Plebgate incident as he emerged from the high court after losing his libel trial.
(4) Ferguson's reaction is, as yet, unknown, although it is safe to assume the manager is crestfallen at the latest developments.
(5) Slightly crestfallen, I returned to the questionnaire and left the box unticked.
(6) The sight of Chelsea's crestfallen players proved as much, their inability to convert when chances had been eked out in the first period proved critical as the Peruvian Paolo Guerrero, once a Bayern Munich player, registered the only goal midway through the second period.
(7) With their dreams shattered, dejected members of the SNP and other parties in the yes camp instead listened to a crestfallen Alex Salmond concede defeat at 6.15am.
(8) Mourinho was entitled to be crestfallen because Juan Mata’s expertly taken goal, midway through the second half, had put United in command on an afternoon that finished with their manager also announcing they should officially be known as “the unlucky team in the Premier League”.
(9) The father of two had been refusing food and contracted pneumonia after he was left "crestfallen" by the court's decision.
(10) And then it shows his crestfallen kids being told daddy won't be home for Christmas.
(11) The former News of the World editor looked crestfallen in the dock as prosecutor Andrew Edis QC announced the Crown Prosecution Service’s decision.
(12) It should have been game over for City later on but Lewandowki's profligacy left the door ajar for Mancini's players and Balotelli took full advantage to leave the Dortmund players crestfallen at the end.
(13) The Argentinian had looked crestfallen earlier in the match, raising both hands to apologise after his penalty misses either side of David Silva opening the scoring.
(14) Let them manifest themselves … " She didn't get the shot as Brown manifested briskly past, but was not as disappointed as the Spanish lady who – when the PM manifested swiftly away 20 minutes later – seemed both confused and crestfallen at the contents of the vehicle.
(15) It wasn’t believed that you could trust a prisoner to act responsibly.” He looks crestfallen when I ask him how he managed to recover.
(16) Brazil’s players briefly convened in a huddle near the centre-circle at the end and, after Scolari addressed his crestfallen squad, saluted the crowd only for the boos to ring out.
(17) It was no more than United deserved on the balance of play – they enjoyed 63% of possession and had 22 shots to Albion’s eight – but it was also easy to understand why Alan Irvine’s players looked so crestfallen at the final whistle.
(18) I remember them all huddled around the bedside of a pale, hyperventilating lady and thinking how crestfallen I would have been in their shoes seeing a boy in a green tunic walking into the bay proclaiming that he was a doctor.
(19) Moments later, a crestfallen Senderos is replaced by Von Bergen.
(20) The Italian may have ended crestfallen, but the 33-year-old had been imperious in propelling the Azzurri to the final, his performances against England and Germany utterly mesmerising.
(a.) Concave on the upper side; -- said of a leaf whose disk is lower than the border.
(a.) Lying flat; -- said of a stem or leaf which lies close to the ground.
(a.) Having the vertical diameter shorter than the horizontal or transverse; -- said of the bodies of animals, or of parts of the bodies.
Example Sentences:
(1) He's Billy no-mates with a Heckler & Koch sniper-rifle, drowning in loneliness, booze and depression.
(2) Thyroid replacement led to resolution of both apnea and depression.
(3) During and after the infusion of 5HTP, none of the patients showed an increase in anxiety or depressive symptoms, despite the presence of severe side effects.
(4) Sixteen patients in whom schizophrenia was initially diagnosed and who were treated with fluphenazine enanthate or decanoate developed severe depression for a short period after the injection.
(5) Further, at the end of treatment fewer patients had depressive symptoms and the total daily number of hours of wellbeing and normal movement increased.
(6) The active agents modestly improved treadmill exercise duration time until 1 mm ST segment depression (3%), and only propranolol and diltiazem had significant effects.
(7) The ED50 and ED95 of mivacurium in each group were estimated from linear regression plots of log dose vs probit of maximum percentage depression of neuromuscular function.
(8) The data are compared with the results from 79 patients with a bipolar depression, 192 with a neurotic depression and 89 with a depressive reaction.
(9) A similar depressed receptor function was observed for C3b, fibronectin, and some lectins.
(10) From these results, it was suggested that the inhibitory effect of Cd on in vitro calcification of MC3T3-E1 cells may be due to both a depression of cell-mediated calcification and a decrease in physiochemical mineral deposition.
(11) Both treatments depressed nocturnal pineal melatonin content in rats and hamsters.
(12) Infusion of sodium lactate associated with isoproterenol could be used to combat the depressent effects of betablockers in patients with cardiac disorders.
(13) We studied the effects of the localisation and size of ischemic brain infarcts and the influence of potential covariates (gender, age, time since infarction, physical handicap, cognitive impairment, aphasia, cortical atrophy and ventricular size) on 'post-stroke depression'.
(14) The literature on depression and immunity is reviewed and the clinical implications of our findings are discussed.
(15) Subthreshold concentrations of the drug to induce complete blockade (5 x 10(-8)M) allowed to observe a greater depression of bioelectric cell characteristics in primary than in transitional fibres.
(16) However, a recrudescence in both psychotic and depressive symptoms developed as plasma desipramine levels rose 4 times higher than anticipated from the oral doses prescribed.
(17) These results indicate that the hormonal status should be taken into consideration in studies dealing with platelet MAO activity in depressed women.
(18) Three coyotes were operantly conditioned to depress one of two foot treadles, left or right, depending on the condition of the stimulus light.
(19) Although esmolol may be used as a primary hypotensive agent, the potential for marked myocardial depression must be recognized.
(20) Subjects who reported incidents of childhood sexual exploitation had lower levels of self-esteem and higher levels of depression than the comparison group.