cast down

cast down
Synonyms and related words:
abase, abash, abashed, afflicted, agitated, bad, baffle, balk, beat down, beset, bilk, blow down, blow over, bothered, bowed-down, bowl down, bowl over, break down, bring down, bulldog, bulldoze, burn down, chagrin, chagrined, chapfallen, chop down, confound, confuse, confused, crestfallen, cross, cut down, damp, dampen, dampen the spirits, darken, dash, dash down, dashed, debase, deck, defeat, defeat expectation, degrade, deject, dejected, demean, depress, depressed, despairing, despondent, desponding, disappoint, discomfit, discomfited, discomforted, discompose, discomposed, disconcert, disconcerted, disconsolate, discourage, discouraged, dishearten, disheartened, disillusion, dispirit, dispirited, disquieted, dissatisfy, distressed, disturbed, down, downcast, downhearted, drooping, droopy, drop, embarrass, embarrassed, feeling low, fell, fetch down, flatten, floor, foil, frustrate, ground, heartless, hew down, humiliate, hung up, hypochondriac, hypochondriacal, ill at ease, in low spirits, in the depths, in the doldrums, in the dumps, knock down, knock over, languishing, lay level, lay low, lay out, let down, level, low, low-spirited, lower, lower the spirits, mortified, mortify, mow down, oppress, out of countenance, perturbed, pessimistic, pining, precipitate, press down, prostrate, pull down, put out, put-out, put-upon, rase, raze, sadden, send headlong, sink, smash, spiritless, spread-eagle, steamroller, subdued, suicidal, supinate, take down, tantalize, tear down, tease, throw, throw down, throw into confusion, thwart, topple, trip, troubled, tumble, uncomfortable, uneasy, upset, weary of life, weigh heavy upon, weigh upon, whack down, woebegone, world-weary

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  • cast down — adj [not before noun] literary sad and disappointed ▪ She could not bear to see him so miserable and cast down …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • cast down — index disconsolate, discourage, humiliate, overthrow Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • cast down — verb lower someone s spirits; make downhearted (Freq. 1) These news depressed her The bad state of her child s health demoralizes her • Syn: ↑depress, ↑deject, ↑get down, ↑dismay, ↑disp …   Useful english dictionary

  • cast down — PHR V PASSIVE If someone is cast down by something, they are sad or worried because of it. [LITERARY] [be V ed P] I am not cast down by it because I believe in the fundamental strength of the business... [V ed P] Ever since I saw the diary… …   English dictionary

  • cast down — {adj.} Discouraged; sad; unhappy. Used less often than the reverse form, downcast . * /Mary was cast down at the news of her uncle s death./ * /Charles felt cast down when he lost the race./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • cast down — {adj.} Discouraged; sad; unhappy. Used less often than the reverse form, downcast . * /Mary was cast down at the news of her uncle s death./ * /Charles felt cast down when he lost the race./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • cast\ down — adj Discouraged; sad; unhappy. Used less often than the reverse form, downcast . Mary was cast down at the news of her uncle s death. Charles felt cast down when he lost the race …   Словарь американских идиом

  • To cast down — Cast Cast (k[.a]st), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Cast}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Casting}.] [Cf. Dan. kaste, Icel. & Sw. kasta; perh. akin to L. {gerere} to bear, carry. E. jest.] 1. To send or drive by force; to throw; to fling; to hurl; to impel. [1913… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • cast down — adjective Date: 14th century downcast …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • cast down — (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To discourage] Syn. dishearten, dispirit, sadden, depress; see depress 2 , discourage 1 . 2. [To overthrow] Syn. raze, demolish, wipe out; see defeat 1 , 2 , destroy 1 …   English dictionary for students

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