About The Word Downcast
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Downcast
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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. |
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