chapfallen
Low in spirits
Chapfallen means dejected or dispirited, with drooping spirits visible in a drooping face.
The chaps are the jaws, so someone chapfallen looks crestfallen—their face sagging with disappointment or humiliation: He returned chapfallen after failing the audition.
The word is old-fashioned and literary.
Also spelled chopfallen.
Sad or despondent
- dejectedLow in spirits
- despondentDeeply discouraged, hopeless
- glumQuietly dejected
- forlornSad and abandoned
disconsolate · woebegone · doleful · hangdog · shamefaced · abashed · dispirited · demoralized
downcast
Sad or despondent
- dejectedLow in spirits
- despondentDeeply discouraged, hopeless
- glumQuietly dejected
forlorn · disconsolate · woebegone · doleful · hangdog · shamefaced · abashed · dispirited · demoralized · discouraged
chapfallenelated
Intensely, buoyantly pleased
jubilant · triumphant · exultant · overjoyed · ecstatic
chapfallentriumphant
Joyfully victorious
victorious · exultant · cock-a-hoop · on top of the world · riding high