downcast 音标拼音: [d'ɑʊnk
, æst]
a . 气馁的,悲哀的
气馁的,悲哀的
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 " [
synonym :
{
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 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 .
[
1913 Webster ]
55 Moby Thesaurus words for "
downcast ":
beating ,
bowed -
down ,
cast down ,
dashed ,
debacle ,
debased ,
defeasance ,
dejected ,
depressed ,
despairing ,
despondent ,
desponding ,
discouraged ,
disheartened ,
dispirited ,
down ,
downhanging ,
downhearted ,
downthrow ,
downthrown ,
downturned ,
drooping ,
droopy ,
drubbing ,
fallen ,
feeling low ,
hanging ,
heartless ,
hypochondriac ,
hypochondriacal ,
in low spirits ,
in the depths ,
in the doldrums ,
in the dumps ,
languishing ,
licking ,
low ,
low -
spirited ,
lowered ,
overthrow ,
pessimistic ,
pining ,
prostrate ,
reduced ,
rout ,
shellacking ,
spiritless ,
subdued ,
submerged ,
suicidal ,
sunk ,
sunken ,
weary of life ,
woebegone ,
world -
weary
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