CAST DOWN Synonyms: 168 Similar and Opposite Words

cast down

adjective

Definition of cast down next

as in sad

feeling unhappiness newly widowed, he was cast down at the thought of being alone once again

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Recent Examples of cast down The fruit-forward drinks seem cast down from the berry-rich fields of Oregon, and for a breakfast snack there’s biscuits and gravy. —

John Metcalfe, Mercury News, 20 June 2025 Even strong series face all sorts of obstacles with budgets and cast down the road. —

Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 29 May 2025 The show did a solid job of distilling what was a very long marooning mat chat between host and cast down to a few essential minutes, but there were a few fun moments that did not make the final edit. —

Dalton Ross, EW.com, 27 Feb. 2025 In a prayer later called the Magnificat, Mary, the mother of Jesus, praises the glory and power of God who casts down the mighty and raises the lowly. —

Joanne M. Pierce, The Conversation, 28 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for cast down

Recent Examples of Synonyms for cast down

Adjective

The other six ascended to the highest office in the land as a result of the dysfunction that has made Peru a punch line in political-science circles, a sad story of ungovernability played on a loop.

— Daniel Alarcón, New Yorker, 4 June 2026
There’s a one-note quality to the film’s comedy that grows steadily, even deliberately, more abrasive over two hours, but the sad, brash, gradually shrinking bigness of the personalities at its center holds your attention.

— Guy Lodge, Variety, 4 June 2026