Overview of noun downcast

The noun downcast has 1 sense

• downcast -- (a ventilation shaft through which air enters a mine)

Overview of adj downcast

The adj downcast has 2 senses

• downcast -- (directed downward; "a downcast glance")


• gloomy, grim, blue, depressed, dispirited, down, downcast, downhearted, down in the mouth, low, low-spirited -- (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")