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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
Ennui, in particular, looks like a disaffected teenager, with her drooping stance, her perpetually downcast eyes and her constant frown.
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Julie Tremaine,
Peoplemag,
15 June 2024
Its consumers are downcast, with youth unemployment rampant.
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Paul Wiseman,
Fortune,
9 Jan. 2024
Their faces were downcast or covered by their hands.
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Ian Frazier,
The New Yorker,
9 Aug. 2023
With his offhanded singsong delivery, spare instrumentation and arsenal of songs that manage to be simultaneously downcast and extravagant, Drake has wielded an outsized influence on the sound of mainstream hip-hop and even R&B the past decade.
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Brian McCollum,
USA TODAY,
9 July 2023
See All Example Sentences for downcast
Julie Tremaine,
Peoplemag,
15 June 2024
Its consumers are downcast, with youth unemployment rampant.
—
Paul Wiseman,
Fortune,
9 Jan. 2024
Their faces were downcast or covered by their hands.
—
Ian Frazier,
The New Yorker,
9 Aug. 2023
With his offhanded singsong delivery, spare instrumentation and arsenal of songs that manage to be simultaneously downcast and extravagant, Drake has wielded an outsized influence on the sound of mainstream hip-hop and even R&B the past decade.
—
Brian McCollum,
USA TODAY,
9 July 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for downcast
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With bowed heads, friends and classmates wrapped their arms around each other.
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Instead of your standard dress shoes, Styles finished the look with a perfect pair of minty-green ballet flats with bowed laces.
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New-home construction tumbled, then stayed depressed for over a decade.
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These figures mark a clear increase from depressed crossing rates seen during much of the Iran war since its start in late February.
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But for most of the world, and particularly for countries and companies caught unprepared, the impact on GDP is clearly downward.
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Spiritual progress requires fighting against the natural downward inclination of our souls—though fighting, oddly, is also the problem.
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Then Greene takes a long, sad subway ride home, and America learns that one of their favorite TV doctors isn't flawless.
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Local foodies were sad to hear owner Sylvia Chung (Momma Chung) retired and closed the south Fort Worth restaurant in October of last year.
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The beat comes on lowered expectations, after the company gave disappointing guidance in February that fell short of analyst estimates.
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For video, the Avata 360 supports a standard color profile with the same naturally vibrant tones as its JPGs, or a 10-bit flat D-Log M profile with lowered contrast and saturation.
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Isdin Melatonik If traditional retinoids have left your sensitive skin unhappy, Isdin's Melatonik Recovery Night Serum offers a gentler approach with bakuchiol.
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Brown and the Celtics have both since denied speculation that the 29-year-old second-team All-NBA selection was unhappy with his role in Boston.
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The courtroom was packed with heartbroken supporters wanting justice for Jor'Dynn as each woman stood silent in front of the judge.
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There is nothing more evocative of a pure Love Island experience than a heartbroken rage split in costume.
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And Wilde’s couple is miserable in a way only Americans can be.
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Björck alone should make the Jets’ 2026 draft a win and help Jets fans move past the miserable season that led to the pick.
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“Downcast.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/downcast. Accessed 2 Jul. 2026.
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