downcast

«downcast» in Mova's school dictionary: sad and gloomy, looking down: she was downcast after… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

adjective (downcast, more downcast, most downcast)

meaning for a pupil

1) Downcast means sad and gloomy, looking down: she was downcast after losing the match. tree →

2) Downcast eyes are eyes looking down, often because of shame, shyness or sadness. tree →

sense 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 →
• The downcast girl did not reply. tree →
• Our team looked downcast after the goal was scored against us. tree →

note

nothing for maths

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «downcast» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.