What's the word for the facial expression over an unexpected disappointment?
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00:00 What'S The Word For The Facial Expression Over An Unexpected Disappointment?
00:26 Answer 1 Score 16
01:12 Accepted Answer Score 13
02:06 Answer 3 Score 4
02:21 Answer 4 Score 4
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ANSWER 1
Score 16
Possibly "doleful" would be appropriate,
doleful adjective: expressing sorrow; mournful. "a doleful look"
synonyms: mournful, woeful, sorrowful, sad, unhappy, depressed, gloomy, morose, melancholy, miserable, forlorn, wretched, woebegone, despondent, dejected, disconsolate, downcast, crestfallen, downhearted. See, Google doleful
Or perhaps, "crestfallen",
crestfallen adjective: sad and disappointed. "he came back empty-handed and crestfallen"
synonyms: downhearted, downcast, despondent, disappointed. See, Google crestfallen
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ACCEPTED ANSWER
Score 13
verb
(be chagrined)
Feel distressed or humiliated:
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From 100 Words for Facial Expressions, by Mark Nichol, on dailywritingtips.com:
- Chagrined: humiliated or disappointed
From A Bit of Blue Ribbon, by Sarah Beaumont Kennedy, in Outing, Volume 27, 1896, page 5:
The girl with the parasol nodded, the marvelous blonde with the chagrined face merely turned her head.
From The Netherfield Affair, by Penelope Swan, 2015:
Elizabeth hid a smile as she saw Miss Bingley's chagrined face.
The text emoticon for chagrined is half grin; half grimace:
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The emoticon immage:
ANSWER 3
Score 4
There is no word for such a facial expression, except, perhaps, a grimace.
The feeling is dismay
or consternation
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ANSWER 4
Score 4
I think "fall" would work but adding "in disappointment" would make it clearer:
The link also has some other options for both disappointment (FC122) and embarrassment (FC121, right above).