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Webster 1913 Edition


Chapfallen

Chap′fallˊen

,
Adj.
Having the lower chap or jaw drooping, – an indication of humiliation and dejection; crestfallen; discouraged. See
Chopfallen
.

Definition 2024


chapfallen

chapfallen

English

Adjective

chapfallen (comparative more chapfallen, superlative most chapfallen)

  1. crestfallen, dejected
    • Washington Irving
      [] he certainly sallied forth, after no very great interval, with an air quite desolate and chapfallen []