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downcast
(encz) | downcast,skleslý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
downcast
(gcide) | downcast \down"cast`\, a.
Cast downward; directed to the ground, from bashfulness,
modesty, dejection, or guilt.
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'T is love, said she; and then my downcast eyes,
And guilty dumbness, witnessed my surprise. --Dryden.
2. depressed; dispirited; dejected; -- of people.
Syn: down(predicate), downhearted, low, low-spirited.
[WordNet 1.5] -- Down"cast`ly, adv. --
Down"cast`ness, n.
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Downcast
(gcide) | Downcast \Down"cast`\, n.
1. Downcast or melancholy look.
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That downcast of thine eye. --Beau. & Fl.
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2. (Mining) A ventilating shaft down which the air passes in
circulating through a mine.
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downcast
(wn) | downcast
adj 1: directed downward; "a downcast glance"
2: 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" [syn:
gloomy, grim, blue, depressed, dispirited,
down(p), downcast, downhearted, down in the mouth,
low, low-spirited]
n 1: a ventilation shaft through which air enters a mine |
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Downcast
(gcide) | downcast \down"cast`\, a.
Cast downward; directed to the ground, from bashfulness,
modesty, dejection, or guilt.
[1913 Webster]
'T is love, said she; and then my downcast eyes,
And guilty dumbness, witnessed my surprise. --Dryden.
2. depressed; dispirited; dejected; -- of people.
Syn: down(predicate), downhearted, low, low-spirited.
[WordNet 1.5] -- Down"cast`ly, adv. --
Down"cast`ness, n.
[1913 Webster]Downcast \Down"cast`\, n.
1. Downcast or melancholy look.
[1913 Webster]
That downcast of thine eye. --Beau. & Fl.
[1913 Webster]
2. (Mining) A ventilating shaft down which the air passes in
circulating through a mine.
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Downcastly
(gcide) | downcast \down"cast`\, a.
Cast downward; directed to the ground, from bashfulness,
modesty, dejection, or guilt.
[1913 Webster]
'T is love, said she; and then my downcast eyes,
And guilty dumbness, witnessed my surprise. --Dryden.
2. depressed; dispirited; dejected; -- of people.
Syn: down(predicate), downhearted, low, low-spirited.
[WordNet 1.5] -- Down"cast`ly, adv. --
Down"cast`ness, n.
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Downcastness
(gcide) | downcast \down"cast`\, a.
Cast downward; directed to the ground, from bashfulness,
modesty, dejection, or guilt.
[1913 Webster]
'T is love, said she; and then my downcast eyes,
And guilty dumbness, witnessed my surprise. --Dryden.
2. depressed; dispirited; dejected; -- of people.
Syn: down(predicate), downhearted, low, low-spirited.
[WordNet 1.5] -- Down"cast`ly, adv. --
Down"cast`ness, n.
[1913 Webster] |
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