Antonyms for casts down

Grammar : Verb

Spell : kast, kahst

Phonetic Transcription : kæst, kɑst

Definition of casts down

Origin : mid-13c., "a throw, an act of throwing," from cast (v.). In early use especially of dice, hence figurative uses relating to fortune or fate. Meaning "that which is cast" is from c.1550s. Meaning "dash or shade of color" is from c.1600. The sense of "a throw" carried an idea of "the form the thing takes after it has been thrown," which led to widespread and varied meanings, such as "group of actors in a play" (1630s). OED finds 42 distinct noun meaning and 83 verbal ones, with many sub-definitions. Many of the figurative senses converged in a general meaning "sort, kind, style" (mid-17c.). A cast in the eye (early 14c.) preserves the older verbal sense of "warp, turn."

As in lower : verb let down; fall
As in lower : verb belittle, disgrace
As in raze : verb flatten, knock down; wipe out
As in sadden : verb upset, depress
As in sink : verb fall in, go under
As in sink : verb be humble or humbled
As in submerse : verb sink
As in debase : verb degrade, shame
As in defeat : verb frustrate
As in degrade : verb shame, humiliate
As in demean : verb humble, humiliate
As in depress : verb deject, make despondent; exhaust
As in disappoint : verb sadden, dismay; frustrate
As in discourage : verb dishearten, dispirit
As in dishearten : verb depress, ruin one's hopes
As in humble : verb shame, put down
As in humiliate : verb embarrass, put down

Example sentences :

The bride, thinking he is looking at her, casts down her eyes, pensive in her joy.
Extract from : « Coaches and Coaching » by Leigh Hunt

She casts down her eyes and stammers: "To promise—to keep your word."
Extract from : « Caricature and Other Comic Art » by James Parton.

Clara casts down her eyes, takes his hand, and leans upon him.
Extract from : « Egmont » by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

He casts down his black head-dress, and it is instantly turned into grapes; he fled while she was eating them.
Extract from : « Custom and Myth » by Andrew Lang

Nowadays England, whose Loyola is named Wesley, casts down her eyes a little at the remembrance of that past age.
Extract from : « The Man Who Laughs » by Victor Hugo

In rejecting the Cartesian dualism he casts down the ladder by which alone it is possible to climb into his position.
Extract from : « A Commentary to Kant's 'Critique of Pure Reason' » by Norman Kemp Smith

They are further mountains from which Indra casts down the demons dwelling upon them.
Extract from : « A History of Sanskrit Literature » by Arthur A. MacDonell

The rain then washes the rich, finely-divided matter of the casts down into the soil again.
Extract from : « The Romance of Plant Life » by G. F. Scott Elliot

He casts down the fire of divine displeasure and judgment upon the earth.
Extract from : « The Work Of Christ » by A. C. Gaebelein

Law burdens, and casts down and condemns; grace comforts, and makes strong and glad.
Extract from : « The Ministry of Intercession » by Andrew Murray

Synonyms for casts down

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