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
But the real crime of “Megalopolis” is Coppola flushing his money, as well as a talented cast down the toilet on such a head-scratching misfire.
From Salon ● Dec. 13, 2024
They began picking their way down the beach, eyes cast down as they searched for the right white splotches.
From New York Times ● Jun. 4, 2023
"I see," Songmi says, her eyes cast down.
From BBC ● Apr. 6, 2023
Only one man in the kingdom seemed cast down: the man who’d been Hrothgar’s harper before the blind man came to make his bid.
From "Grendel" by John Gardner
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