downcast

  • 91cast down — verb lower someone s spirits; make downhearted (Freq. 1) These news depressed her The bad state of her child s health demoralizes her • Syn: ↑depress, ↑deject, ↑get down, ↑dismay, ↑disp …

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  • 92depressed — adjective 1. lower than previously (Freq. 1) the market is depressed prices are down • Syn: ↑down • Similar to: ↑low 2. flattened downward as if pressed from above or flattened along the dorsal and ventral surfaces …

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  • 93dispirited — adjective 1. marked by low spirits; showing no enthusiasm a dispirited and divided Party reacted to the crisis with listless resignation • Syn: ↑listless • Similar to: ↑spiritless • Derivationally related forms: ↑ …

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  • 94down in the mouth — adjective 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… …

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  • 95low-spirited — adjective 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… …

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  • 96de|ject´ed|ness — de|ject|ed «dih JEHK tihd», adjective. 1. in low spirits; sad; discouraged: »She was feeling dejected and unhappy until the good news cheered her up. Today glad tomorrow dejected (Edward Bulwer Lytton). SYNONYM(S): downcast, disheartened. See syn …

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  • 97de|ject´ed|ly — de|ject|ed «dih JEHK tihd», adjective. 1. in low spirits; sad; discouraged: »She was feeling dejected and unhappy until the good news cheered her up. Today glad tomorrow dejected (Edward Bulwer Lytton). SYNONYM(S): downcast, disheartened. See syn …

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  • 98de|ject|ed — «dih JEHK tihd», adjective. 1. in low spirits; sad; discouraged: »She was feeling dejected and unhappy until the good news cheered her up. Today glad tomorrow dejected (Edward Bulwer Lytton). SYNONYM(S): downcast, disheartened. See syn. under sad …

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  • 99cast down — {adj.} Discouraged; sad; unhappy. Used less often than the reverse form, downcast . * /Mary was cast down at the news of her uncle s death./ * /Charles felt cast down when he lost the race./ …

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  • 100cast down — {adj.} Discouraged; sad; unhappy. Used less often than the reverse form, downcast . * /Mary was cast down at the news of her uncle s death./ * /Charles felt cast down when he lost the race./ …

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