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downcast

noun

Meaning

  • A cast from supertype to subtype.

  • A melancholy look.

  • A ventilating shaft down which the air passes in circulating through a mine.

verb

Meaning

  • To cast or throw down; to turn downward.

  • To taunt; to reproach; to upbraid.

  • To cast from supertype to subtype.

adjective

Meaning

  • (of eyes) Looking downwards.

  • (of a person) Feeling despondent.