1. having fallen from a position of power, prosperity, or respect; ruined or disgraced
Usage: often literary or formal

Examples

• The downfallen king spent his final years in exile.
• She wrote a memoir about her downfallen family's loss of wealth.
• The downfallen dictator faced trial for his crimes.
• He sympathized with the downfallen businessman who had lost everything.
• The novel tells the story of a downfallen aristocrat seeking redemption.