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Downcast   /dˈaʊnkˌæst/   Listen
adjective
downcast  adj.  
1.
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."
2.
Depressed; dispirited; dejected; of people.
Synonyms: down(predicate), downhearted, low, low-spirited.


noun
Downcast  n.  
1.
Downcast or melancholy look. "That downcast of thine eye."
2.
(Mining) A ventilating shaft down which the air passes in circulating through a mine.





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"Downcast" Quotes from Famous Books



... old through gates that closed on them Two exiles went with eyes downcast; The Present now retrieves the Past, God's ...
— A Christmas Faggot • Alfred Gurney
... that here. This club will go on. But we won't come here. We won't want to sit around a table, like this, and drink ginger ale and sarsaparilla; and even if we do, the talk won't be so good. The thing that makes me downcast is not that liquor is going, but that we ...
— American Adventures - A Second Trip 'Abroad at home' • Julian Street
... not the least ornamental appendage to the handsome suite of rooms. Gretlich was an excellent example of that type of fair women for which Vienna is noted; but she was, as the Princess had said, extremely downcast, and Jennie, who had a deep sympathy for all who worked, spoke kindly to the girl and endeavoured to cheer her. There was something of unaccustomed tenderness in the compassionate tones of Jennie's voice that touched the girl, ...
— Jennie Baxter, Journalist • Robert Barr
... Paul, gently, with downcast eyes. Elsbeth went after him with a shy smile, for now when they were alone neither dared to ...
— Dame Care • Hermann Sudermann
... their ’complice, shall share their dangers, shall touch the hand of the stranger; they seize her small wrist, and drag her forward by force, and at last, whilst yet she strives to turn away, and to cover up her whole soul under the folds of downcast eyelids, they vanquish her utmost strength, they vanquish your utmost modesty, and marry her hand to yours. The quick pulse springs from her fingers, and throbs like a whisper upon your listening palm. For an instant ...
— Eothen • A. W. Kinglake


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