Meaning of DOWNCAST
| Pronunciation: | | 'dawn`kast
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- [n] a ventilation shaft through which air enters a mine
- [adj] low in spirits; "lonely and blue in a strange city"; "depressed by the loss of his job"; "a dispirited and resigned expression on her face"; "downcast after his defeat"; "feeling discouraged and downhearted"
- [adj] directed downward; "a downcast glance"
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| | Synonyms: | | blue, dejected, depressed, dispirited, down, down in the mouth, down(p), downhearted, low, low-spirited |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Down"cast`\, a.
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. --Dryden.
- {Down"cast`ly}, adv. -- {Down"cast`ness}, n.
\Down"cast`\, n.
1. Downcast or melancholy look.
That downcast of thine eye. --Beau. & Fl.
2. (mining) A ventilating shaft down which the air passes in
circulating through a mine.
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