Downcast
['daʊnkɑːst] or ['daʊnkæst]
Definition
(noun.) a ventilation shaft through which air enters a mine.
(adj.) directed downward; 'a downcast glance' .
Checked by Lanny--From WordNet
Definition
(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.
Inputed by Lilly
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Sad, MELANCHOLY, dejected, dispirited, disheartened, despondent, discouraged, depressed, cast down, down-hearted, crest-fallen, chap-fallen, DOWN IN THE MOUTH.
Edited by Albert
Examples
- So, I walked a little further with Biddy, looking silently at her downcast eyes. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- We might as well be in London as here, Captain Rawdon often said, with a downcast air. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- My Lady, looking at the downcast and blushing face, says smiling, Who is it? Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- His fine and lovely eyes were now lighted up with indignation, now subdued to downcast sorrow, and quenched in infinite wretchedness. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- She again became utterly downcast; and Charley, seeing that she was not going to eat or drink any more, took away the tray. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- After looking a little at her downcast eyes as she walked beside me, I gave up that point. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- But supposing, sir,' said Twemlow, downcast, 'that it can't come? Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- He only glared for a moment on the downcast face of Tom, and walked off. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- And yet it looked so like it, sir, I pleaded with a downcast heart. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- Eva looked downcast and aggrieved, and turned slowly. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- On the white lid and dark lashes of her downcast eye trembled all that is graceful in the sense of half-painful, half-pleasing shame. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- She submitted to walk slowly on, with downcast eyes. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- She began to cut the pages of a novel, tranquilly studying her prey through downcast lashes while she organized a method of attack. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- As she stood behind him, leaning over his chair so lovingly, he looked with downcast eyes at the fire. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Cassy stood silent, while large, heavy tears dropped from her downcast eyes. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
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