āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
downcast
/dËaâĘnkÉËst/
downcast
01
āĻ¨āĻŋāĻā§āĻ° āĻĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻ¤āĻžāĻāĻžāĻ¨ā§, āĻ¨āĻ¤
pointing, looking, or directed toward the ground or a lower position
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
He held a downcast gaze as he apologized.
āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻā§āĻˇāĻŽāĻž āĻāĻžāĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻ° āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻā§āĻ° āĻĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻ¤āĻžāĻāĻžāĻ¨ā§ āĻĻā§āĻˇā§āĻāĻŋ āĻ°ā§āĻā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻ¨āĨ¤
02
āĻšāĻ¤āĻžāĻļ, āĻŦāĻŋāĻˇāĻŖā§āĻŖ
(of a person or their manner) melancholic and full of grief
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
His downcast expression revealed the depth of his sadness.
āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻŽā§āĻ˛āĻžāĻ¨ āĻ
āĻāĻŋāĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻā§āĻ¤āĻŋ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻĻā§āĻāĻā§āĻ° āĻāĻā§āĻ°āĻ¤āĻž āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻāĻžāĻļ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤
Downcast
01
āĻŦāĻžāĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻŦā§āĻļ āĻļā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻĢā§āĻ, āĻŦāĻžāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻāĻ˛āĻžāĻāĻ˛ āĻļā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻĢā§āĻ
a vertical or inclined shaft in a mine through which fresh air enters
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
Smoke was vented through the downcast to improve air quality underground.
āĻā§āĻāĻ°ā§āĻāĻ¸ā§āĻĨ āĻŦāĻžāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻ° āĻā§āĻŖāĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¨āĻ¤ āĻāĻ°āĻ¤ā§ āĻ§ā§āĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž āĻŦāĻžāĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻļā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻĢā§āĻ āĻāĻ° āĻŽāĻžāĻ§ā§āĻ¯āĻŽā§ āĻŦā§āĻ° āĻāĻ°āĻž āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤
āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāĻ¤āĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻžāĻ
downcast
down
cast
āĻ¨āĻŋāĻāĻāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ
