downcast English

Meaning downcast meaning

What does downcast mean?

downcast

— adjective directed downward a downcast glance

— noun a ventilation shaft through which air enters a mine

— adjective (= gloomy, grim, blue, depressed, dispirited, downhearted) 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

Synonyms downcast synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as downcast?

downcast English » English

depressed

sad

dejected

dispirited

downhearted

doleful

despondent

melancholy

gloomy

crestfallen

down

low-spirited

sorrowful

miserable

cheerless

blue

unhappy

mournful

low

down in the mouth

weaken

saddened

impair

grim

emaciated

down-hearted

distressed

discouraged

chopfallen

chapfallen

be sad

worried

woeful

woebegone

wistful

weary

tired

sunk down

sunk

subdued

spiritless

solemn

sink

scared

pout

plaintive

pitiful

pale

pain

melancholic

Topics downcast topics

What do people use downcast to talk about?

Language and thought Emotion Feel bad

Sad

• What words describe someone who feels sad?
  sad crestfallen dejected disappointed discouraged doleful down downcast downhearted fed up forlorn gloomy glum grouchy grumpy with a heavy heart homesick low melancholy morose mournful pensive sober (adj) solemn sorry sorrowful sullen unhappy wistful woeful