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as in depressed
feeling unhappiness
I'm always a little downcast on rainy days
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Recent Examples of downcast
She’s a housewife, always a bit downcast, or least quiet and reserved.
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Ben Croll, Variety, 16 Jan. 2023
In one video, irate workers surrounded a silent, downcast manager in a conference room to voice grievances and question their Covid test results.
—Fortune, 23 Nov. 2022
In one video, irate workers surrounded a silent, downcast manager in a conference room to voice grievances and question their COVID test results.
—BostonGlobe.com, 23 Nov. 2022
There also is an approach that has proven uplifting during this somewhat downcast time for the Heat.
—Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 23 Nov. 2022
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Ben Croll, Variety, 16 Jan. 2023
In one video, irate workers surrounded a silent, downcast manager in a conference room to voice grievances and question their Covid test results.
—Fortune, 23 Nov. 2022
In one video, irate workers surrounded a silent, downcast manager in a conference room to voice grievances and question their COVID test results.
—BostonGlobe.com, 23 Nov. 2022
There also is an approach that has proven uplifting during this somewhat downcast time for the Heat.
—Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 23 Nov. 2022
See All Example Sentences for downcast
Recent Examples of Synonyms for downcast
Adjective
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The composer also added synths to his orchestral score, as well as bowed metal, where a violin bow is rubbed against metal instruments like a cowbell or a Vibraphone, for when Roz has a particularly intense feeling.—
Mia Galuppo,
The Hollywood Reporter,
6 Jan. 2025
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Jeremy Strong forwent a classic suit and tie in favor of a bowed necktie, giving his tailored look the perfect dash of whimsy.—
Christian Allaire,
Vogue,
17 June 2024
Adjective
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Investors are keenly watching these metrics as European banks transition to an environment of monetary easing, particularly in Switzerland, which has been combating a strong franc and depressed inflation with interest rates as low as 0.25%.—
Ruxandra Iordache,
CNBC,
30 Apr. 2025
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Dracula’s Daughter is about a lady vampire who seduces and feeds off other ladies and who is depressed and desperate to be cured of her unyielding desire for wom— sorry.—
Jordan Crucchiola,
Vulture,
26 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Southwest border crossings were already on a downward trend when Trump took office in January, having declined throughout 2024 after a surge in 2023.—
Rachel Treisman,
NPR,
29 Apr. 2025
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The downward trend began earlier in the year, with February arrivals down 12 percent year-over-year—the steepest decline since the COVID-19 pandemic started.—
Tom Rogers,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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If my random and unscientific survey of some French opinion at all represents the nation’s as a whole, then the debut of Donald Trump’s America has left some French triste — a bit sad, even brokenhearted, and also wary and vigilant.—
Patt Morrison,
Los Angeles Times,
3 May 2025
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Her story is beautiful and sad, heartwarming and devastating.—
American Booksellers Association,
USA Today,
3 May 2025
Adjective
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Particularly now that Americans are unhappy with the state of economy.—
Ross Rosenfeld,
MSNBC Newsweek,
23 Apr. 2025
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Some 59% of voters are unhappy with how things are going in the country.—
Dana Blanton,
FOXNews.com,
23 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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The recent tragic helicopter crash into the Hudson River, which claimed six lives, has left our city heartbroken and once again grappling with difficult questions about public safety and aviation policy.—
Keith Powers,
New York Daily News,
29 Apr. 2025
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The heartbroken couple spent days looking for Valerie but eventually had to return to their lives in Broken Hill, New South Wales.—
Sarah Kuta,
Smithsonian Magazine,
28 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Their defensive game plan was clearly to make Kucherov’s life miserable, and the defending champions succeeded mightily.—
Josh Yohe,
New York Times,
1 May 2025
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Wall Street racked up yet one more miserable day in a month of miserable days on April 21, once again seeing a sizable selloff in both the stock market and the bond market, as the Standard & Poor's 500 fell 2.36% and the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 2.48%.—
Susan Tompor,
USA Today,
29 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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At this point, armed with insights about labor, the commodity, and the money-form, the reader may be shedding any melancholy incomprehension—but can’t yet have arrived at angry lucidity.—
Benjamin Kunkel,
Harpers Magazine,
28 Mar. 2025
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The lyrical content of Vernon’s records have long been marked with a tinge of turmoil, and his tendency towards heavy introspection has, at times, cornered him into a trope of a melancholy, lovesick songwriter.—
Leah Lu,
Rolling Stone,
7 Apr. 2025
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