cast down
- crestfallen adj.
- depressed adj.
- dejected adj.
- despondent adj.
- doleful adj.
- down adj.
- downcast adj.
- heavy-hearted adj.
- lowly adj.
- melancholic adj.
- spiritless adj.
- tristful adj.
- unwashed adj.
- debase v.
- defeat v.
- degrade v.
- demean v.
- depress v.
- disappoint v.
- discourage v.
- dishearten v.
- humble v.
- humiliate v.
- lower v.
- lower v.
- raze v.
- sadden v.
- sink v.
- sink v.
- submerse v.
Example Sentences
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Because of budget trims, you were tasked with having to slim the cast down and scale back screen time for some veteran cast members.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 6, 2025
If these questions give off a strong smell of the seminar room, do not be cast down: There is plenty of fun, and truly adorable stuff, to be consumed.
From New York Times ● Jan. 31, 2024
"I see," Songmi says, her eyes cast down.
From BBC ● Apr. 6, 2023
His face glows for much of the episode "The Pine Barrens," cast down into a screen.
From Salon ● Aug. 28, 2022
Isabelle Derby sat pale and quiet, her eyes cast down through most of the meal.
From "Copper Sun" by Sharon M. Draper
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