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- Dictionarydowncast/ˈdaʊnkɑːst/
adjective
- 1. (of a person's eyes) looking downwards: "her modestly downcast eyes"
- 2. (of a person) feeling despondent: "you mustn't be downcast"
noun
- 1. a shaft dug in a mine for extra ventilation.
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Downcast can mean sad and without hope, or looking down with eyes. Learn more about the meaning, synonyms, and usage of downcast with examples from the Cambridge Dictionary.
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DOWNCAST meaning: 1. sad and without hope: 2. If someone's...
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Downcast is an adjective that means low in spirit or directed downward. Learn more about its synonyms, examples, word history, and related entries from Merriam-Webster dictionary.
Rest assured that there are, and one of them is downcast. Downcast most frequently describes a person's mood: downhearted, down in the mouth, down in the dumps, just plain old down. It can also refer to the direction in which something is pointed — down.
Downcast can mean sad and without hope, or looking down with eyes. Learn how to use this adjective in different contexts and see synonyms and translations.
Definition of 'downcast' COBUILD frequency band. downcast. (daʊnkɑːst, -kæst ) 1.adjective [usually verb-link ADJECTIVE] If you are downcast, you are feeling sad and without hope. Barbara looked increasingly downcast as defeat loomed. ...a glum, downcast expression. Synonyms: dejected, sad, depressed, unhappy More Synonyms of downcast.
Downcast means directed downward, dejected, or depressed. Find out the origin, usage, and translations of this word in different languages and contexts.
noun. overthrow or ruin. a downward look or glance. a shaft down which air passes, as into a mine ( upcast). downcast. / ˈdaʊnˌkɑːst / adjective. dejected. (esp of the eyes) directed downwards.