downcast

1. (geology, obsolete) Synonym of downthrow (“a depression of the strata on one side of a fault; also, the degree of downward displacement in such a fault”).Examples: "a downcast dyke"Synonyms: downthrowAntonyms: upcast, upthrowobsolete

1. (countable) An act of looking downwards, usually as a sign of discouragement, sadness, etc., or sometimes modesty; hence (uncountable, archaic), dejection, melancholy.Examples: "[C]ome lets be ſad my girles, / That dovvne caſt of thine eye Olimpias, / Shovves a faind ſorrovv; […]"; "I ſavv the reſpectful Dovvncaſt of his Eye, vvhen you catcht him gazing at you during the Muſick: He, I vvarrant, vvas ſurpriz'd, as if he had been taken ſtealing your VVatch. O! the undiſſembled Guilty Look!"; "And at every such aid, there was a smile to pay; not to mention the downcast of eyes sometimes, and sometimes their uplifting with a soft, sweet light, and the fluttering of lashes in the fresh wind from the sea, and the murmuring of lips, more pink and melodious than any clear Pacific shell."countable

2. (countable, archaic)archaiccountableuncountable

3. (countable, archaic)archaiccountablefigurativelyuncountable

4. (countable, computing) A cast (“change of expression of a data type”) from supertype to subtype.Antonyms: upcastcountable

5. (countable, mining, chiefly attributive) A ventilating shaft down which air passes in circulating through a mine.attributivecountable

1. (figurative) To make (someone) feel despondent or discouraged; to discourage, to sadden.Synonyms: cast downfigurativelytransitive

2. (computing) To cast (“change the expression of”) (a data type) from supertype to subtype.Antonyms: upcasttransitive

3. (Scotland) To reproach or upbraid (someone); also, to taunt (someone).Scotlandtransitive

4. (obsolete) To depose or overthrow (a leader, an institution, etc.); also (sometimes reflexive), to bring down (oneself or someone) from an exalted position; to humble.Synonyms: cast downobsoletetransitive