Thesaurus: downcast

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1. a. Cast downward; directed to the ground, from bashfulness, modesty, dejection, or guilt.
2. n. Downcast or melancholy look.
3. n. A ventilating shaft down which the air passes in circulating through a mine.
4. adj. directed downward
5. adj. filled with melancholy and despondency
6. n. a ventilation shaft through which air enters a mine
7. Cast downward; directed to the ground, from bashfulness, modesty, dejection, or guilt. 'T is love, said she; and then my downcast eyes, And guilty dumbness, witnessed my surprise. Dryden. - Down"cast`ly, adv. -- Down"cast`ness, n. 1. Downcast or melancholy look. That downcast of thine eye. Beau. & Fl. 2. (mining) A ventilating shaft down which the air passes in circulating through a mine.
8. Cast downward; directed to the ground, from bashfulness,modesty, dejection, or guilt.'T is love, said she; and then my downcast eyes, And guilty dumbness,witnessed my surprise. Dryden.- Down"cast`ly, adv.-- Down"cast`ness, n.
9. j:100 n. a ventilation shaft through which air enters a mine s. directed downward