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DOWNCAST
gloomy, grim, blue, depressed, dispirited, down, downcast, downhearted, down in the mouth, low, low-spirited
(adjective) filled with melancholy and despondency; “gloomy at the thought of what he had to face”; “gloomy predictions”; “a gloomy silence”; “took a grim view of the economy”; “the darkening mood”; “lonely and blue in a strange city”; “depressed by the loss of his job”; “a dispirited and resigned expression on her face”; “downcast after his defeat”; “feeling discouraged and downhearted”
downcast
(adjective) directed downward; “a downcast glance”
downcast
(noun) a ventilation shaft through which air enters a mine
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
downcast (comparative more downcast, superlative most downcast)
(of eyes) Looking downwards.
(of a person) Feeling despondent.
Noun
downcast (plural downcasts)
(computing) A cast from supertype to subtype.
(obsolete) A melancholy look.
(mining) A ventilating shaft down which the air passes in circulating through a mine.
Verb
downcast (third-person singular simple present downcasts, present participle downcasting, simple past and past participle downcasted or downcast)
(transitive, obsolete) To cast or throw down; to turn downward.
(transitive, Scotland) To taunt; to reproach; to upbraid.
(transitive, computing) To cast from supertype to subtype.
Antonym: upcast
Anagrams
• cast down
Source: Wiktionary
Down"cast`, a.
Definition: Cast downward; directed to the ground, from bashfulness, modesty, dejection, or guilt. 'T is love, said she; and then my downcast eyes, And guilty dumbness, witnessed my surprise. Dryden. - Down"cast`ly, adv.
– Down"cast`ness, n.
Down"cast`, n.
1. Downcast or melancholy look. That downcast of thine eye. Beau. & Fl.
2. (mining)
Definition: A ventilating shaft down which the air passes in circulating through a mine.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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