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单词 downcast
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downcast

adjective

down·​cast ˈdau̇n-ˌkast How to pronounce downcast (audio)
1
: low in spirit : dejected
2
: directed downward
with downcast eyes

Synonyms

  • bowed
  • down
  • downward
  • lowered
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Example Sentences

There were a lot of downcast faces in the crowd. her downcast gaze made us realize that she was shy
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Word History

First Known Use

1521, in the meaning defined at sense 2

Kids Definition

downcast

adjective

down·​cast ˈdau̇n-ˌkast How to pronounce downcast (audio)
1
: sad sense 1
a downcast face
2
: directed down
downcast eyes

downcast

adjective

1
as in bowed
directed down her downcast gaze made us realize that she was shy

Synonyms & Similar Words

Relevance
  • bowed
  • downward
  • lowered
  • down

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • lifted
  • upward
  • elevated
  • uplifted
  • raised
2
as in depressed
feeling unhappiness I'm always a little downcast on rainy days

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • depressed
  • sad
  • unhappy
  • heartbroken
  • miserable
  • melancholy
  • dejected
  • sorrowful
  • upset
  • downhearted
  • glum
  • sorry
  • worried
  • crestfallen
  • mournful
  • disconsolate
  • bad
  • woebegone
  • gloomy
  • troubled
  • disappointed
  • forlorn
  • doleful
  • despondent
  • hopeless
  • uneasy
  • melancholic
  • hangdog
  • heartsick
  • joyless
  • brokenhearted
  • inconsolable
  • droopy
  • saddened
  • distressed
  • low-spirited
  • wretched
  • heavyhearted
  • blue
  • woeful
  • down
  • depressing
  • heartsore
  • discouraged
  • cast down
  • suicidal
  • despairing
  • dispirited
  • low
  • tearful
  • grieving
  • aggrieved
  • disheartened
  • somber
  • morose
  • bleak
  • weeping
  • unquiet
  • sunk
  • sullen
  • lugubrious
  • down in the mouth
  • regretful
  • anguished
  • lachrymose
  • desolate
  • cheerless
  • dolorous
  • plaintive
  • morbid
  • rueful
  • agonized
  • dreary
  • gray
  • dismal
  • wailing
  • saturnine
  • dark
  • comfortless
  • drear
  • funereal
  • darkening
  • sombre
  • black
  • elegiac
  • murky
  • grey
  • elegiacal

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • cheerful
  • jubilant
  • joyful
  • buoyant
  • upbeat
  • joyous
  • cheery
  • exultant
  • happy
  • gleeful
  • exuberant
  • glad
  • jovial
  • elated
  • enraptured
  • blissful
  • delighted
  • buoyed
  • sunny
  • ecstatic
  • mirthful
  • jolly
  • chipper
  • euphoric
  • merry
  • blithe
  • rapturous
  • optimistic
  • exhilarated
  • overjoyed
  • blithesome
  • lightsome
  • sanguine
  • jocose
  • hopeful
  • rosy
  • jocund
  • entranced
  • gladsome
  • excited
  • gladdened
  • rhapsodical
  • rhapsodic
  • jocular
  • smiling
  • perky
  • energetic
  • vivacious
  • thrilled
  • jaunty
  • spirited
  • lively
  • animated
  • satisfied
  • sprightly
  • peppy
  • unconcerned
  • frisky
  • bouncing
  • encouraged
  • vital
  • content
  • grinning
  • laughing
  • springy
  • pleased
  • gratified
  • careless
  • easygoing
  • beaming
  • carefree
  • heartened
  • lighthearted
  • insouciant
  • zippy
  • cavalier
  • boon
  • sprightful
  • happy-go-lucky
  • devil-may-care
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