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downcast
noun
A cast from supertype to subtype.
A melancholy look.
A ventilating shaft down which the air passes in circulating through a mine.
verb
To cast or throw down; to turn downward.
To taunt; to reproach; to upbraid.
To cast from supertype to subtype.
Antonymsupcast
adjective
(of eyes) Looking downwards.
(of a person) Feeling despondent.
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