Sekirov Dictionary

downcast

UK /ˈdaʊnkɑːst/US /ˈdaʊnˌkæst/

verb7

  1. To turn (the eyes) downwards, usually as a sign of discouragement, sadness, etc., or sometimes modesty.
  2. To cast (“change the expression of”) (a data type) from supertype to subtype.
  3. To cast or throw (something) downwards; also, to drop or lower (something).
  4. (figurative) To make (someone) feel despondent or discouraged; to discourage, to sadden.
  5. To demolish or tear down (a building, etc.).
  6. (Scotland) To reproach or upbraid (someone); also, to taunt (someone).
  7. (no longer used) To depose or overthrow (a leader, an institution, etc.); also (sometimes reflexive), to bring down (oneself or someone) from an exalted position; to humble.

adjective5

  1. Of the eyes, a facial expression, etc.: looking downwards, usually as a sign of discouragement, sadness, etc., or sometimes modesty.
  2. Of a thing: directed downwards.
  3. (figurative) Of a person: feeling despondent or discouraged.
  4. Of a person or thing: cast or thrown to the ground.
  5. (figurative) Of a person or thing: defeated, overthrown; also, destroyed, ruined.

noun6

  1. An act of looking downwards, usually as a sign of discouragement, sadness, etc., or sometimes modesty; hence (uncountable, archaic), dejection, melancholy.
  2. A cast (“change of expression of a data type”) from supertype to subtype.
  3. [before a noun] A ventilating shaft down which air passes in circulating through a mine.
  4. (no longer used) An act, or the situation, of being cast or thrown to the ground.
  5. (figurative, no longer used) A defeat, an overthrow; also, an act of destruction or ruin.
  6. (no longer used) Synonym of downthrow (“a depression of the strata on one side of a fault; also, the degree of downward displacement in such a fault”).
forms

downcasted · downcasting · downcasts · more downcast · most downcast

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