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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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lonely
English
Etymology
From lone +? -ly, or from an apheretic shortening of alonely. See lone.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?l??nli/
- (US) IPA(key): /?lo?nli/
Adjective
lonely (comparative lonelier, superlative loneliest)
- Unhappy because of feeling isolated from contact with other people.
- (of a place or time) Unfrequented by people; desolate.
- (of a person) Without companions; solitary.
Synonyms
- (dejected): lonesome
- (unfrequented by people): desolate, desert, empty, unpeopled, unpopulated
- (without companions): solitary, alone, unaccompanied
Related terms
- lone
Translations
Anagrams
- Nolley
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