crestfallenness

noun

crestfallenness

noun

Etymology From crestfallen + -ness.

1

The quality of being crestfallen.

Everywhere a sullen look — everywhere that ineffable aspect of crestfallenness!1857, Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton, What Will He Do with It?, volume 2, page 152:

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