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