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# downcast

adjective (downcast, more downcast, most downcast)

«downcast» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Downcast means sad and gloomy, looking down: she was downcast after losing the match. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/downcast/#m1)
2. Downcast eyes are eyes looking down, often because of shame, shyness or sadness. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/downcast/#m2)

### In the lessons

in tales, downcast eyes show a character who is shy, ashamed or unhappy, and who does not look at others.

### Examples

- He stood with downcast eyes after breaking the vase. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/downcast/#x1)
- The downcast girl did not reply. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/downcast/#x2)
- Our team looked downcast after the goal was scored against us. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/downcast/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «downcast» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/downcast/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«downcast» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/downcast.html) on Mova free.