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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
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
She’s a housewife, always a bit downcast, or least quiet and reserved.
—Ben Croll, Variety, 16 Jan. 2023
There also is an approach that has proven uplifting during this somewhat downcast time for the Heat.
—Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 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
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Brian McCollum, USA TODAY, 9 July 2023
She’s a housewife, always a bit downcast, or least quiet and reserved.
—Ben Croll, Variety, 16 Jan. 2023
There also is an approach that has proven uplifting during this somewhat downcast time for the Heat.
—Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for downcast
Adjective
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No racist stereotypes, no demeaning facial expressions, no bowed heads, and no broken bodies from the old Hollywood.—
David Faris,
MSNBC Newsweek,
23 July 2025
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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
Adjective
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During the week, Aluko had described lying in bed at the height of the controversy, depressed and unable to eat.—
Greg O'Keeffe,
New York Times,
9 Nov. 2025
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Perhaps this depressed valuation is what caught the eye of Carl Icahn.—
Kenneth Squire,
CNBC,
8 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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Novo Nordisk shares dropped on the update before quickly rebounding, but its stock remains on a downward trajectory.—
Eleanor Pringle,
Fortune,
6 Nov. 2025
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The post comes amid increasing concerns around the amount of investment going toward artificial intelligence and data centers, a trend some see as stretching stock market valuations to their limit while putting downward pressure on an already shaky labor market.—
Steve Kopack,
NBC news,
6 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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Everyone's a little sad in The Holdovers, Alexander Payne's charmingly sour comedy about a student stuck at his New England boarding school over the holidays with only his grouchy professor (Paul Giamatti) and the school cook (Da'Vine Joy Randolph) for company.—
Randall Colburn,
Entertainment Weekly,
8 Nov. 2025
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The 25-year-old wide receiver is sad to see his teammates go, but trusts the vision of the New York front office.—
Matt Audilet,
MSNBC Newsweek,
7 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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Even with lowered rents, The Grand’s residents aren’t staying long.—
David Hudnall,
Kansas City Star,
23 Oct. 2025
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This was highlighted by the fact that Psyche’s April 2024 message – beamed from a distance of 225 million kilometers – reached Earth at a lowered 25 megabits per second.—
Chris Young,
Interesting Engineering,
30 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Pauline Collins, the exuberant British actress who inspired women — and men, too — to do something to change their unhappy lives with her Oscar-nominated and Olivier- and Tony-winning performances in Shirley Valentine, has died.—
Lisa de los Reyes,
HollywoodReporter,
6 Nov. 2025
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That distaste didn’t hurt Spanberger and her ticket, because 18% of those unhappy voters backed her anyway.—
David Weigel,
semafor.com,
5 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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As the title suggests, the book details Turner's tale of a heartbroken widower who became an unlikely senior-citizen TV star on the first season of the reality show, which ended with an engagement to Nist.—
Lauren Huff,
Entertainment Weekly,
5 Nov. 2025
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Thomas told the outlet that her brother’s diagnosis left their family heartbroken.—
Vanessa Etienne,
PEOPLE,
4 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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That was pointed out during Chipotle’s earnings report, which showed miserable results at the end of October.—
Jordan Valinsky,
CNN Money,
11 Nov. 2025
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Caesar and Coca were soon joined on the show by the diminutive Howard Morris, whom Caesar could hoist from the ground and glare at face to face, and by Carl Reiner, tall like Caesar but as happy as Sid was miserable—the ideal second banana.—
David Denby,
New Yorker,
10 Nov. 2025
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“Downcast.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/downcast. Accessed 12 Nov. 2025.
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