downcast meaning and definition

DOWNCAST noun

Definition of downcast (noun)

1. a ventilation shaft through which air enters a mine

DOWNCAST adjective

Definition of downcast (adjective)

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"
   • synonyms: blue, depressed, dispirited, down, down in the mouth, downhearted, gloomy, grim, low, low-spirited