fallen

[ faw-luhn ]

verb

1. past participle of fall.

adjective

1. having dropped or come down from a higher place, from an upright position, or from a higher level, degree, amount, quality, value, number, etc.
2. on the ground; prostrate; down flat:

   Exhausted, the racers lay fallen by the road.

3. degraded or immoral.
4. (of a woman) having lost her chastity.
5. overthrown, destroyed, or conquered:

   a fallen city.

6. dead:

   fallen troops.

fallen

/ ˈfɔːlən /

verb

1. See fall
   the past participle of fall

adjective

1. having sunk in reputation or honour

   a fallen woman

2. killed in battle with glory

   our fallen heroes

3. defeated

Other Words From

• un·fallen adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of fallen¹

First recorded before 900, for the adjective

Example Sentences

Thousands of years before the events of Star Wars' Skywalker Saga, a group of fallen Jedi formed the Sith Order on Moraband.

From TechCrunch

Like so many fallen Southern generals, Simard’s work knocked 19th-century notions of inevitable competition off their pedestal.

From Washington Post

For example, the monkey pummeling the chest of its fallen compatriot may indeed have been practicing a crude simian form of CPR.

From Washington Post

A young widow crouching to measure a headstone for her fallen husband.

From Time

Luckily, the massive old-growth trees we were about to ski were more protected from the wind, holding deep, light, dry snow that would blow over our heads as we jumped off fallen logs and rock drops.

From Outside Online

This is not the first time the director has fallen for Russian propaganda.

From The Daily Beast

Murders in the City of Angels have fallen by about half in the last 10 years: no small feat for such a big city.

From The Daily Beast

Murders are slightly down from 414 last year, but have fallen by about one—third since 2003.

From The Daily Beast

Luke Skywalker is an evil robot who has fallen to the dark side of the force.

From The Daily Beast

They instead announced a tribute to the two fallen officers.

From The Daily Beast

As Spain, however, has fallen from the high place she once held, her colonial system has also gone down.

From Project Gutenberg

My thought was to keep pushing in troops from "W" Beach until the enemy had fallen back to save themselves from being cut off.

From Project Gutenberg

Mr. Mayne said something, but Malcolm never knew what it was, for Winifred fainted, and would have fallen had he not caught her.

From Project Gutenberg

Two years later this promising recruit, having fallen foul of the military authorities, had to leave the service under a cloud.

From Project Gutenberg

The latter gentleman was wondering whether he had fallen into a dream that he should wake up from in the morning.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• collapsed
• decayed