Associations to the word «Downcast»

DOWNCAST, adjective. (of eyes) Looking downwards.

DOWNCAST, adjective. (of a person) Feeling despondent.

DOWNCAST, noun. (computing) A cast from supertype to subtype.

DOWNCAST, noun. (obsolete) A melancholy look.

DOWNCAST, noun. (mining) A ventilating shaft down which the air passes in circulating through a mine.

DOWNCAST, verb. (transitive) (obsolete) To cast or throw down; to turn downward.

DOWNCAST, verb. (transitive) (Scotland) To taunt; to reproach; to upbraid.

DOWNCAST, verb. (transitive) (computing) To cast from supertype to subtype.

DOWNCAST, noun. A ventilation shaft through which air enters a mine.

DOWNCAST, adjective. Directed downward; "a downcast glance".

DOWNCAST, adjective. 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".