[
UK
/dˈaʊnkɑːst/
]
[ US /ˈdaʊnˌkæst/ ]
[ US /ˈdaʊnˌkæst/ ]
ADJECTIVE
-
directed downward
a downcast glance -
filled with melancholy and despondency
gloomy predictions
downcast after his defeat
depressed by the loss of his job
feeling discouraged and downhearted
a dispirited and resigned expression on her face
gloomy at the thought of what he had to face
the darkening mood
lonely and blue in a strange city
a gloomy silence
took a grim view of the economy
NOUN
- a ventilation shaft through which air enters a mine
How To Use downcast In A Sentence
- The requests were the old ones: portraits of pretty mistresses done up as Arcadian shepherdesses, Virgins with downcast eyes and brilliant blue cloaks, sentimentalised pictures of the Infant Christ.
- He looks downcast, a frown passing like a cloud over his famously large forehead.
- If summer sun is supposed to turn thoughts to romance, this year 's washout must be making the unattached feel as downcast as the overcast skies. Times, Sunday Times
- The little girl wasn't downcast for long, however, and she grabbed Peter's hand.
- Her eyes are downcast as if she is lost in thought. Times, Sunday Times
- She's sitting on the floor, seeming more and more downcast at every word John says.
- The proper external conduct of the body - such as the wearing of the robe neatly, good deportment, downcast eyes, and observation of good behaviour - is frequently seen as evidence for a state of virtue.
- He probably didn't see his demise coming until Sulzberger's downcast eyes telegraphed it to him.
- Barbara looked increasingly downcast as defeat loomed.
- Yet marvels of all, we saw no crying women or downcast men.
