downcast

downcast
Synonyms and related words:
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, low-spirited, lowered, overthrow, pessimistic, pining, prostrate, reduced, rout, shellacking, spiritless, subdued, submerged, suicidal, sunk, sunken, weary of life, woebegone, world-weary

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  • downcast — downcast, dispirited, dejected, depressed, disconsolate, woebegone mean affected by or showing very low spirits. Downcast implies a being overcome by shame, mortification, or loss of hope or confidence; it usually suggests an inability to face… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • Downcast — Down cast , n. 1. Downcast or melancholy look. [1913 Webster] That downcast of thine eye. Beau. & Fl. [1913 Webster] 2. (Mining) A ventilating shaft down which the air passes in circulating through a mine. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • downcast — down cast , a. Cast downward; directed to the ground, from bashfulness, modesty, dejection, or guilt. [1913 Webster] T is love, said she; and then my downcast eyes, And guilty dumbness, witnessed my surprise. Dryden. 2. depressed; dispirited;… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • downcast — (adj.) c.1600, from pp. of obs. verb downcast (c.1300), from DOWN (Cf. down) (adv.) + CAST (Cf. cast) (v.). Literal at first; figurative sense is 1630s …   Etymology dictionary

  • downcast — index despondent, disconsolate, lugubrious, pessimistic Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • downcast — [adj] depressed, unhappy bad, blue, brooding, bummed out*, cast down, chapfallen, cheerless, crestfallen, daunted, dejected, despondent, disappointed, disconsolate, discouraged, disheartened, dismayed, dispirited, distressed, doleful, down,… …   New thesaurus

  • downcast — ► ADJECTIVE 1) (of eyes) looking downwards. 2) feeling despondent …   English terms dictionary

  • downcast — [doun′kast΄] adj. 1. directed downward 2. very unhappy or discouraged; sad; dejected …   English World dictionary

  • downcast — [[t]da͟ʊnkɑːst, kæst[/t]] 1) ADJ GRADED: usu v link ADJ If you are downcast, you are feeling sad and without hope. Barbara looked increasingly downcast as defeat loomed. ...a glum, downcast expression. Syn: dejected 2) ADJ: usu v link ADJ If your …   English dictionary

  • downcast — down|cast [ˈdaunka:st US kæst] adj 1.) sad or upset because of something bad that has happened 2.) downcast eyes are looking down ▪ Penelope sat silently, her eyes downcast …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • downcast — adjective 1 sad or upset because of something bad that has happened: Keith is very downcast at the moment he misses his wife terribly. 2 downcast eyes are looking down …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

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