downcast
pronunciation
How to pronounce downcast in British English:
UK [ˈdaʊnkɑːst]
How to pronounce downcast in American English:
US [ˈdaʊnkæst]
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- Noun:
- a ventilation shaft through which air enters a mine
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- Adjective:
- directed downward
- low in spirits
Word Origin
- downcast (adj.)
- c. 1600, from past participle of obsolete verb downcast (c. 1300), from down (adv.) + cast (v.). Literal at first; figurative sense is 1630s.
Synonym
Example
- 1. Why are you downcast , o my soul ?
- 2. The downcast man needs consolation .
- 3. Of course , indians are not always downcast by the size of their country .
- 4. A look of disgust includes nose scrunching , raising of the upper lip , downcast eyebrows and narrowed eyes .
- 5. Yet there is no reason for us to feel inferior or downcast at the realization that much of the genius of mankind 's advance was chinese rather than european .