Antonyms for cast down

Grammar : Adj, verb

Spell : kast, kahst

Phonetic Transcription : kæst, kɑst

Definition of cast 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 lowly : adj inferior, plain
As in spiritless : adj depressed
As in heavy-hearted : adj depressed
As in melancholic : adj depressed
As in tristful : adj depressed
As in unwashed : adj lowly
As in crestfallen : adj disappointed
As in dejected : adj depressed, blue
As in depressed : adj discouraged
As in despondent : adj depressed
As in doleful : adj depressing
As in down : adj unhappy
As in downcast : adj depressed, unhappy
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 :

His mother was so cast down, that she did not seem to Stineli the same person at all.
Extract from : « Rico and Wiseli » by Johanna Spyri

By these words—you can see that I was young—I was exalted, not cast down.
Extract from : « The Bacillus of Beauty » by Harriet Stark

This angered Venus, and she resolved to cast down her earthly rival.
Extract from : « Old Greek Folk Stories Told Anew » by Josephine Preston Peabody

She did not cast down her eyes; she, too, looked at him frankly, with a friendly smile.
Extract from : « Doctor Pascal » by Emile Zola

Next morning he came again, anxious and cast down in countenance.
Extract from : « Lotus Buds » by Amy Carmichael

He was cast down, too, to think how things might go with him when this trouble came.
Extract from : « St. Martin's Summer » by Rafael Sabatini

Let him be punished because he is poor, and cast down to the earth, for there is none to care for him.
Extract from : « The Great Hunger » by Johan Bojer

Her eyes have just been lifted, and are at once cast down again.
Extract from : « The Fugitive (Third Series Plays) » by John Galsworthy

As I re-entered the dining-room I saw Jacobus cast down his eyes.
Extract from : « 'Twixt Land & Sea » by Joseph Conrad

That was why he had looked so sad and cast down the day she had first seen him.
Extract from : « Nell, of Shorne Mills » by Charles Garvice

Synonyms for cast down

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