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The Meaning of downcast
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(a.) Cast downward; directed to the ground, from bashfulness, modesty, dejection, or guilt.
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(n.) Downcast or melancholy look.
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(n.) A ventilating shaft down which the air passes in circulating through a mine.
Synonyms
gloomy
,
grim
,
blue
,
depressed
,
dispirited
,
down
,
downhearted
,
down in the mouth
,
low
,
low-spirited
Rhymes
aghast
,
amassed
,
asked
,
assed
,
ast
,
bast
,
belfast
,
blast
,
broadcast
,
cast
,
caste
,
chloroplast
,
classed
,
colorfast
,
contrast
,
enthusiast
,
fast
,
flabbergast
,
forecast
,
gassed
,
gast
,
ghast
,
harassed
,
hast
,
holdfast
,
iconoclast
,
kast
,
lambaste
,
last
,
lightfast
,
lymphoblast
,
massed
,
mast
,
miscast
,
nast
,
newscast
,
outcast
,
outlast
,
overcast
,
passed
,
past
,
precast
,
prendergast
,
rast
,
rebroadcast
,
recast
,
sandblast
,
simulcast
,
steadfast
,
surpassed
,
telecast
,
typecast
,
unsurpassed
,
vast