Word Meanings - DOWNFALLEN - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Fallen; ruined. Carew.

Related words: (words related to DOWNFALLEN)

• FALLENCY
  An exception. Jer. Taylor.
• FALLEN
  Dropped; prostrate; degraded; ruined; decreased; dead. Some ruined temple or fallen monument. Rogers.
• CAREWORN
  Worn or burdened with care; as, careworn look or face.
• RUIN
  1. The act of falling or tumbling down; fall. "His ruin startled the other steeds." Chapman. 2. Such a change of anything as destroys it, or entirely defeats its object, or unfits it for use; destruction; overthrow; as, the ruin of a ship or
• RUINIFORM
  Having the appearance of ruins, or of the ruins of houses; -- said of certain minerals.
• RUINATION
  The act of ruining, or the state of being ruined.
• RUINER
  One who, or that which, ruins.
• RUINOUS
  1. Causing, or tending to cause, ruin; destructive; baneful; pernicious; as, a ruinous project. After a night of storm so ruinous. Milton. 2. Characterized by ruin; ruined; dilapidated; as, an edifice, bridge, or wall in a ruinous state.
• RUINATE
  1. To demolish; to subvert; to destroy; to reduce to poverty; to ruin. I will not ruinate my fShak. Ruinating thereby the health of their bodies. Burton. 2. To cause to fall; to cast down. On the other side they saw that perilous rock Threatening
• RUINABLE
  Capable of being ruined.
• PRUINOUS
  Frosty; pruinose.
• JAW-FALLEN
  Dejected; chopfallen.
• CRESTFALLEN
  1. With hanging head; hence, dispirited; dejected; cowed. Let it make thee crestfullen; Ay, and allay this thy abortive pride. Shak. 2. Having the crest, or upper part of the neck, hanging to one side; -- said of a horse.
• PRUINATE
  See PRUINOSE
• DOWNFALLEN
  Fallen; ruined. Carew.
• PRUINOSE
  Frosty; covered with fine scales, hairs, dust, bloom, or the like, so as to give the appearance of frost.
• CHAPFALLEN
  Having the lower chap or jaw drooping, -- an indication of humiliation and dejection; crestfallen; discouraged. See Chopfallen.
• WINDFALLEN
  Blown down by the wind.
• CHOPFALLEN
  Having the lower chop or jaw depressed; hence, crestfallen; dejected; dispirited;downcast. See Chapfallen.
• UNRUINATE; UNRUINATED
  Not ruined or destroyed. "Unruinated towers." Bp. Hall.