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1. (adj.) downcast
directed downward, as the eyes.
2. downcast
dejected; depressed.
Etymology: (1250–1300)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (adj) downcast
a ventilation shaft through which air enters a mine
2. (adj) downcast
directed downward
"a downcast glance"
3. (adj) gloomy, grim, blue, depressed, dispirited, down(p), downcast, downhearted, down in the mouth, low, low-spirited
filled with melancholy and despondency
"gloomy at the thought of what he had to face"; "gloomy predictions"; "a gloomy silence"; "took a grim view of the economy"; "the darkening mood"; "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"
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) downcast
cast downward; directed to the ground, from bashfulness, modesty, dejection, or guilt
2. (noun) downcast
downcast or melancholy look
3. (noun) downcast
a ventilating shaft down which the air passes in circulating through a mine
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Sense: (of a person) depressed; in low spirits
a downcast expression.
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 Afrikaans: terneergedruk |
 Arabic: كَئيب، هابِط المَعْنَويه، |
 Bulgarian: отчаян |
 Brazilian: deprimido |
 Czech: sklíčený, skleslý |
 German: niedergeschlagen |
 Danish: nedslået; modløs |
 Greek: κατηφής, μελαγχολικός |
 Spanish: abatido |
 Estonian: masendatud |
 Farsi: غمگین |
 Finnish: masentunut |
 French: abattu |
 Hebrew: מְדוּכָּא |
 Hindi: उदास, नीचे निगाह किये हुए |
 Croatian: deprimiran, potišten |
 Hungarian: lehangolt |
 Indonesian: sedih |
 Icelandic: dapur |
 Italian: abbattuto |
 Japanese: 意気消沈した |
 Korean: 의기소침한 |
 Lithuanian: prislėgtas, susikrimtęs |
 Latvian: nomākts |
 Malay: muram |
 Dutch: terneergeslagen |
 Norwegian: nedfor, nedslått |
 Polish: przygnębiony |
 Persian: غمگین |
 Pashto: غمجن، مړاوى، لوېدلى پرېوت |
 Portuguese: deprimido |
 Romanian: abătut, trist |
 Russian: удручённый |
 Slovak: skleslý |
 Slovenian: potrt |
 Serbian: potišten |
 Swedish: nedslagen |
 Thai: หดหู่ใจ |
 Turkish: neşesiz, üzgün, yıkık |
 Taiwanese: 垂頭喪氣的 |
 Ukrainian: пригнічений; понурий |
 Urdu: افسردہ |
 Vietnamese: thất vọng |
 Chinese: 垂头丧气的 |
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