crestfallenness

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for crestfallenness
Noun
  • Whatever was going on behind Tina’s discontent that morning, or whatever had happened in Noah’s imagination, was only a small fragment in a vast reality.
    Yiyun Li, The New Yorker, 9 Mar. 2025
  • Trudeau’s impending departure follows a series of political crises, rising economic discontent and the surprise resignation of his deputy prime minister and finance minister Chrystia Freeland – who was also in the race to succeed him.
    Hira Humayun, CNN, 9 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Some members of the community — including several Republican lawmakers — have voiced their displeasure with the board’s decision.
    Toria Sheffield, People.com, 23 Feb. 2025
  • Travis Hamonic, with whom many Senators fans have voiced their displeasure over throughout the season, finishes second.
    Julian McKenzie, The Athletic, 19 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • While many 1970s counterculture youth viewed Mao-era China as a model for social revolution, young Americans today have mostly avoided identifying with foreign political models despite their historic dissatisfaction with U.S. capitalism.
    Mark Tseng-Putterman / Made by History, TIME, 10 Mar. 2025
  • While the series has been a huge hit, especially in the , some drivers have openly expressed their dissatisfaction, mainly for the way events and driver relationships are portrayed in a dramatic way.
    Saajan Jogia, Newsweek, 6 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Sometimes being surprised — whether that’s tinged with joy, anger, disappointment, or another feeling — is more emotionally satisfying than just being right.
    Proma Khosla, IndieWire, 5 Mar. 2025
  • The casualness of these arrangements, and the lack of standards, can lead to disappointment—and little recourse—when people pay hundreds for coaching that turns out to be lackluster.
    Olga Khazan, The Atlantic, 5 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • The raid at the Copa Club was greeted with dismay online.
    Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 Feb. 2025
  • Gone, too, is the Latin Mass revival, which, to the dismay of many Catholics around the world, Francis quashed via a motu proprio in 2021.
    Timothy Nerozzi, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 28 Feb. 2025
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“Crestfallenness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crestfallenness. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.

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