cast down
cast down verb: to make (a person) discouraged or dejected.
Verb
cast down (third-person singular simple present casts down, present participle casting down, simple past and past participle cast down)
- To make (a person) discouraged or dejected.
- Disclose it not to the others, for none can strive with Fate and gain the victory, and it would but cast down their hearts. But it is fitting we be ready against evil hap.1922, E[ric] R[ücker] Eddison, The Worm Ouroboros: A Romance, London: Jonathan Cape […], →OCLC, page 19
- To overthrow, to defeat or bring to ruin.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see cast, down.
cast down meaning in Tamil and Malayalam
cast down in Tamil
- கீழ்ப்பார்வை
cast down in Malayalam
- depressed, unhappy, downcast
- മ്ലാനമായ, വിഷണ്ണമായ, മനസ്സിടിഞ്ഞ, വിഷാദരോഗം ബാധിച്ച, വിഷണ്ണനായ, ദുഃഖ
Forms of cast down
| third-person singular present | casts down |
|---|---|
| present participle | casting down |
| past participle | cast down |
| past | cast down |
Origin of cast down
From Middle English casten doun, casten adoun, equivalent to cast + down.
Questions about cast down
- What does cast down mean?
- Cast down means to make (a person) discouraged or dejected.
- What is cast down in Tamil?
- Cast down in Tamil is கீழ்ப்பார்வை. See Cast down meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is cast down?
- Cast down is a verb.
- What is the past tense of cast down?
- The past tense of cast down is cast down.
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