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Adjective: downcast  'dawn`kãst
  1. Directed downward
    "a downcast glance"
     
  2. Filled with melancholy and despondency
    "downcast after his defeat"
    - gloomy, grim, blue, depressed, dispirited, down, downhearted, down in the mouth, low, low-spirited
Noun: downcast  'dawn`kãst
  1. A ventilation shaft through which air enters a mine

Derived forms: downcasts

See also: dejected, down

Type of: shaft

Nearest

down the road
down the stairs
down town
down under
down-and-out
down-at-heel
down-at-the-heels
downbeat
downbound
down-bow
downcast
downdraft
downdraught
downer
downfall
downfallen
downfield
downgrade
downhearted
downheartedness
downhill