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downcast
English
Etymology
From Middle English *doun-casten, *adoun-casten (inferred from Middle English adoun-casting (“downcasting”), adoun-cast (“overthrow, destruction”)), modelled similarly to other constructions in Middle English (namely, Middle English adoun-throwen (“to throw down”), adoun-werpen (“to throw down”)), equivalent to down- +? cast.
Pronunciation
- (adjective, noun)
- (General American) IPA(key): /?da?nkæst/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?da?nk??st/
- (verb)
- (General American) IPA(key): /da?n?kæst/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /da?n?k??st/
Adjective
downcast (comparative more downcast, superlative most downcast)
- (of eyes) Looking downwards.
- 1717, John Dryden, Canace to Macareus
- 'Tis love, said she; and then my downcast eyes, / And guilty dumbness, witness'd my surprise.
- 1717, John Dryden, Canace to Macareus
- (of a person) Feeling despondent.
Translations
Noun
downcast (plural downcasts)
- (computing) A cast from supertype to subtype.
- (obsolete) A melancholy look.
- 1619, Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher, The Maid's Tragedy
- That downcast of thine eye.
- 1619, Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher, The Maid's Tragedy
- (mining) A ventilating shaft down which the air passes in circulating through a mine.
Verb
downcast (third-person singular simple present downcasts, present participle downcasting, simple past and past participle downcast or downcasted)
- (transitive, obsolete) To cast or throw down; to turn downward.
- (transitive, Scotland) To taunt; to reproach; to upbraid.
- (transitive, computing) To cast from supertype to subtype.
- Antonym: upcast
Anagrams
- cast down
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despair
English
Etymology
From Middle English dispeir, from Anglo-Norman despeir and Old French desperer (from Latin despero, desperare), or desesperer, from des- (“dis-”) + esperer (“hope”). See also desperate
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /d??sp??(?)/
- (General American) IPA(key): /d??sp???/
- Hyphenation: des?pair
Verb
despair (third-person singular simple present despairs, present participle despairing, simple past and past participle despaired)
- (transitive, obsolete) To give up as beyond hope or expectation; to despair of.
- (transitive, obsolete) To cause to despair.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Sir W. Williams to this entry?)
- (intransitive, often with “of”) To be hopeless; to have no hope; to give up all hope or expectation.
Translations
Noun
despair (countable and uncountable, plural despairs)
- Loss of hope; utter hopelessness; complete despondency.
- He turned around in despair, aware that he was not going to survive
- That which causes despair.
- That which is despaired of. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
Synonyms
- desperation
- despondency
- hopelessness
Antonyms
- hope
Translations
Anagrams
- Piedras, aperids, aspired, diapers, praised, pre-AIDS
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