adjective · rare

downcast

down·cast

downcast · more downcast · most downcast

пригнічений

снижающийся, лежащий

niedergeschlagen, geknickt, entmutigt

Of the eyes, a facial expression, etc.: looking downwards, usually as a sign of…Of the eyes, a facial expression, etc.: looking downwards, usually as a sign of discouragement, sadness, etc., or sometimes modesty.

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UK/ˈdaʊnkɑːst/US/ˈdaʊnˌkæst/

» Tom looks downcast.

Meaning

5 senses

Of the eyes, a facial expression, etc.: looking downwards, usually as a sign of discouragement, sadness, etc., or sometimes modesty.
niedergeschlagen
Of a person or thing: cast or thrown to the ground.
Of a thing: directed downwards.
directed downward
(figuratively)Of a person: feeling despondent or discouraged.
entmutigt, geknickt, niedergeschlagen
пригні́ченийpryhníčenyj
(figuratively)Of a person or thing: defeated, overthrown; also, destroyed, ruined.

Examples

7 sentences

Tom looks downcast.
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She left the room looking downcast.
deErnüchtert dreinblickend kam sie aus dem Zimmer. — Sudajaengi
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I saw him skulking downcast in the bathroom.
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She went out of the room with downcast eyes.
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Don't look so downcast, Tom.
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Translations

5 languages

Українська

By meaning 1

of a person: feeling despondent or discouraged — see also despondent, discouraged:

Deutsch

By meaning 2

of the eyes, etc.: looking downwards:

of a person: feeling despondent or discouraged — see also despondent, discouraged:

Origin

The adjective is derived from Middle English doun-casten, *adoun-casten (“(adjective) cast

The adjective is derived from Middle English doun-casten, *adoun-casten (“(adjective) cast down, dejected; (verb) to break down (something); to overcome (someone); to overturn (something)”), from down (“in a downward direction; (figurative) to destruction”), adoun (“downward”) + casten (“to throw (something), fling, hurl; to overcome (someone), defeat, overpower; [etc.]”) (from Old Norse kasta (“to cast, throw”), from Proto-Germanic *kastōną (“to throw”), from *kas- (“to throw, toss; to bring up”); further etymology uncertain), modelled similarly to other constructions in Middle English such as adoun-throwen (“to throw down”) and adoun-werpen (“to throw down”)). The English word is analysable as down- (prefix meaning ‘lower direction or position’) + cast (“that has been thrown”, adjective).

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