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The Meaning of downcast

  • (a.) Cast downward; directed to the ground, from bashfulness, modesty, dejection, or guilt.
  • (n.) Downcast or melancholy look.
  • (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