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downcasted

downcasted is the simple past and past participle of downcast.

Meaning of downcast

Verb

downcast (third-person singular simple present downcasts, present participle downcasting, simple past and past participle downcast or (common, but sometimes proscribed) downcasted)

  1. (transitive) To turn (the eyes) downwards, usually as a sign of discouragement, sadness, etc., or sometimes modesty.
  2. (transitive) To cast or throw (something) downwards; also, to drop or lower (something).
    • For there shall come a mightier blast, / There shall be a darker day; / And the stars, from heaven down-cast, / Like red leaves be swept away!1838 October, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, “Midnight Mass for the Dying Year”, in Voices of the Night, Cambridge, Mass.: […] John Owen, published 1839, →OCLC, stanza 12, page 30
  3. (transitive) To demolish or tear down (a building, etc.).
  4. (figuratively, transitive) To make (someone) feel despondent or discouraged; to discourage, to sadden.
    Synonyms:
    cast down
  5. (transitive) To cast (“change the expression of”) (a data type) from supertype to subtype.
    Antonyms:
    upcast
  6. (Scotland, transitive) To reproach or upbraid (someone); also, to taunt (someone).

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Questions about downcasted

What is downcasted the simple past and past participle of?
Downcasted is the simple past and past participle of downcast.

Words near downcasted in the dictionary

  1. downcase
  2. downcased
  3. downcases
  4. downcasing
  5. downcast
  6. downcasted
  7. downcasting
  8. downcastly
  9. downcastness
  10. downcasts
  11. downchirp

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