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Downcast

Downcast Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Downcast? [n] a ventilation shaft through which air enters a mine [adj] low in spirits; "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" [adj] directed downward; "a downcast glance" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Downcast: blue \| dejected \| depressed \| dispirited \| down \| down in the mouth \| down(p) \| downhearted \| low \| low-spirited Related Terms \| Find terms related to Downcast: beating \| bowed-down \| cast down \| dashed \| debacle \| debased \| defeasance \| dejected \| depressed \| despairing \| despondent \| desponding \| discouraged \| disheartened \| dispirited \| down \| downhanging \| downhearted \| downthrow \| downthrown \| downturned \| drooping \| droopy \| drubbing \| fallen \| feeling low \| hanging \| heartless \| hypochondriac \| hypochondriacal \| in low spirits \| in the depths \| in the doldrums \| in the dumps \| languishing \| licking \| low \| lowered \| low-spirited \| overthrow \| pessimistic \| pining \| prostrate \| reduced \| rout \| shellacking \| spiritless \| subdued \| submerged \| suicidal \| sunk \| sunken \| weary of life \| woebegone \| world-weary See Also \| shaft Downcast In Webster's Dictionary \Down"cast`\, a. 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) A ventilating shaft down which the air passes in circulating through a mine.

Downcast Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Downcast?

[n] a ventilation shaft through which air enters a mine
[adj] low in spirits; "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"
[adj] directed downward; "a downcast glance"

See Also | shaft

Downcast In Webster's Dictionary

\Down"cast`\, a.
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) A ventilating shaft down which the air passes in
   circulating through a mine.

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