downcast \down"cast`\, a.
Cast downward; directed to the ground, from bashfulness,
modesty, dejection, or guilt.
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'T is love, said she; and then my downcast eyes,
And guilty dumbness, witnessed my surprise. --Dryden.
2. depressed; dispirited; dejected; -- of people.
Syn: down(predicate), downhearted, low, low-spirited.
[WordNet 1.5] -- {Down"cast`ly}, adv. --
{Down"cast`ness}, n.
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