crestfallen• She ripped open the package but found nothing in it but shoes. She was crestfallen.• He looked really wretched and crestfallen.• More often than not he came back to his apartmentempty-handed and crestfallen.• The President made a rumeffort at greeting her news with enthusiasm, but I could see he was crestfallen.• Claude seemed crestfallen, and that was hard for me.• Steve looked crestfallen as he returned from the mailbox empty-handed.• Wasswa went off, with a crestfallen look, and I began my examination.• He looked so crestfallen Preston felt sorry for him.• He looked so crestfallen that Old Bulldog didn't know what to do for a minute.• Stafford looked crestfallen when he was told about the layoffs.