Downcast Definition

dounkăst
adjective
Directed downward.
Webster's New World
Low in spirits; depressed.
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Very unhappy or discouraged; sad; dejected.
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(of eyes) Looking downwards.
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(of a person) Feeling despondent.

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noun

(computing) A cast from supertype to subtype.

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(mining) A ventilating shaft down which the air passes in circulating through a mine.
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verb
(Scotland) To taunt; to reproach; to upbraid.
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(computing) To cast from supertype to subtype.

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Origin of Downcast

Downcast Sentence Examples

  • Prince Andrew came up to her with downcast eyes.

  • Letting her arms fall helplessly, she sat with downcast eyes and pondered.

  • Finally he brushed the hay from his shirt and jeans, his gaze downcast as he spoke.

  • God is my witness, I didn't know-" he repeated, stressing the word "God" so unnaturally and so unpleasantly that Princess Mary stood with downcast eyes not daring to look either at her father or at Natasha.

  • Balashev stood with downcast eyes, looking at the movements of Napoleon's stout legs and trying to avoid meeting his eyes.

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Words Starting With

DDODOW

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TSTAST

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Words Starting With D and Ending With T

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