Meaning & Definition of Downcast in English

1. A ventilation shaft through which air enters a mine

1. Directed downward

• "A downcast glance"

2. 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 job"

• "A dispirited and resigned expression on her face"

• "Downcast after his defeat"

• "Feeling discouraged and downhearted"