Downcast
adjective
Feeling sad or depressed.
He had a downcast expression on his face.
Often appears as...
- downcast look
- downcast eyes
adjective
Pointing or looking downwards.
His downcast eyes avoided my gaze.
Often appears as...
- downcast gaze
- downcast eyes
adjective
Feeling sad or depressed.
He had a downcast expression on his face.
Often appears as...
- downcast look
- downcast eyes
adjective
Pointing or looking downwards.
His downcast eyes avoided my gaze.
Often appears as...
- downcast gaze
- downcast eyes
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Emotional State
Use 'downcast' to describe someone who's feeling low or sad in a gentle, sympathetic way.
After losing the game, the team looked downcast.
Pro Tip 2/3Subtle Hint
'Downcast' suggests a slight sadness, without extreme emotions like anger or misery.
She gave a downcast smile, hiding her disappointment.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Despair
'Downcast' is less intense than despair, indicating a temporary and milder type of sadness.
His downcast reply suggested he hadn't lost all hope.
Pro Tip 1/3Emotional State
Use 'downcast' to describe someone who's feeling low or sad in a gentle, sympathetic way.
After losing the game, the team looked downcast.
Pro Tip 2/3Subtle Hint
'Downcast' suggests a slight sadness, without extreme emotions like anger or misery.
She gave a downcast smile, hiding her disappointment.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Despair
'Downcast' is less intense than despair, indicating a temporary and milder type of sadness.
His downcast reply suggested he hadn't lost all hope.
Pro Tip 1/3Emotional State
Use 'downcast' to describe someone who's feeling low or sad in a gentle, sympathetic way.
After losing the game, the team looked downcast.
Pro Tip 2/3Subtle Hint
'Downcast' suggests a slight sadness, without extreme emotions like anger or misery.
She gave a downcast smile, hiding her disappointment.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Despair
'Downcast' is less intense than despair, indicating a temporary and milder type of sadness.
His downcast reply suggested he hadn't lost all hope.
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Video examples
A Camera, Two Kids and a...
down with us and this lovely charming highly educated family we had a really nice time and at the end of dinner I said you know I asked his permission to be inside the dome and he said no absolutely not and so I I went back to my apartment a little you know downcast and about 4 o'clock in the morning a woman came to
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What obligation do...
How? Well, here's one important piece. The downcast glance, the dirty look, the raised eyebrow, the cough When people went on too long or lost the crowd, they didn't get banned or blocked or hauled out by the police, they just got this soft, negative social feedback.
Video examples
A Camera, Two Kids and a...
down with us and this lovely charming highly educated family we had a really nice time and at the end of dinner I said you know I asked his permission to be inside the dome and he said no absolutely not and so I I went back to my apartment a little you know downcast and about 4 o'clock in the morning a woman came to
Video examples
What obligation do...
How? Well, here's one important piece. The downcast glance, the dirty look, the raised eyebrow, the cough When people went on too long or lost the crowd, they didn't get banned or blocked or hauled out by the police, they just got this soft, negative social feedback.
Example 1 of 2
Quote examples
Johnny Ramone
American Musician
For all my success with the Ramones, I carried around fury and intensity during my career. I had an image, and that image was anger. I was the one who was always scowling, downcast. I tried to make sure I looked like that when I was getting my picture taken.
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Anne Frank
German Writer
I have often been downcast but never in despair; I regard our hiding as a dangerous adventure, romantic and interesting at the same time. In my diary, I treat all the privations as amusing.
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Charles Spurgeon
British Clergyman
I would go to the deeps a hundred times to cheer a downcast spirit. It is good for me to have been afflicted, that I might know how to speak a word in season to one that is weary.
Quote examples
Johnny Ramone
American Musician
For all my success with the Ramones, I carried around fury and intensity during my career. I had an image, and that image was anger. I was the one who was always scowling, downcast. I tried to make sure I looked like that when I was getting my picture taken.
Quote examples
Anne Frank
German Writer
I have often been downcast but never in despair; I regard our hiding as a dangerous adventure, romantic and interesting at the same time. In my diary, I treat all the privations as amusing.
Quote examples
Charles Spurgeon
British Clergyman
I would go to the deeps a hundred times to cheer a downcast spirit. It is good for me to have been afflicted, that I might know how to speak a word in season to one that is weary.
Example 1 of 3
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