'Downcastness' definitions:
Definition of 'Downcastness'
From: GCIDE
- downcast \down"cast`\, a. Cast downward; directed to the ground, from bashfulness, modesty, dejection, or guilt. [1913 Webster]
- 'T is love, said she; and then my downcast eyes, And guilty dumbness, witnessed my surprise. --Dryden.
- 2. depressed; dispirited; dejected; -- of people.
- Syn: down(predicate), downhearted, low, low-spirited. [WordNet 1.5] -- {Down"cast`ly}, adv. -- {Down"cast`ness}, n. [1913 Webster]