fall
verb (UNHAPPY) /fɔːl/
/fɑːl/ (fell, fallen)Definition
your face/spirits fall › If your face falls, you suddenly look unhappy or disappointed, and if your spirits fall, you suddenly feel unhappy or disappointed: His spirits fell when he saw the distance he still had to go. As she read her exam results, her face fell.Disappointing yourself and others
(Definition of fall verb (UNHAPPY) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- anticlimax noun
- be one in the eye for sb idiom
- break sb's heart idiom
- chagrin noun
- comedown noun
- disappointing adjective
- disappointment noun
- dishearten verb
- dishonour verb
- disillusion verb
- let sb down phrasal verb
- let the side down idiom
- letdown noun
- non-event noun
- not be all it's cracked up to be idiom
- sell (sb) out phrasal verb
- sick as a parrot idiom
- swizz noun
- the bubble bursts idiom
- turn your back on sb idiom
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