downcast

Words with a similar base: downcast

'downcast'

[downcast.n.01] as in: a ventilation shaft through which air enters a mine

'downcast'

[downcast.s.01] as in: directed downward

'downcast'

[gloomy.s.02] as in: filled with melancholy and despondency

Examples:
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

Origins

					downcast (English)
├── cast (English)
│   └── casten (Middle English (1100-1500))
│       └── kasta (Old Norse)
└── down (English)
    ├── doun (Middle English (1100-1500))
    │   └── dun (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
    ├── dune (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
    └── dún (Old Norse)

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