Saying that someone is crestfallen immediately makes me feel sorry for them. As in,
Burris left the capital building after being barred from the swearing-in ceremony. He appeared crestfallen, a marked departure from the defiant posture he has struck since Rod Blagojevich announced the pick last week. Same applies to dejected and forlorn.
(I've not quite worked out what the problem with Burris is, aside from being associated with Blagojevich, who hasn't been found guilty of anything just yet. Whole thing makes my head hurt.) (However, it's preferable to thinking about Cameron, Brown et al.)