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Pronunciation guide for downcast
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- Practice the English pronunciation of downcast with real speech in context.
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- Real speech example
- From Organisation to Institution
We were particularly downcast in spirit,
- Definition summary
- Of the eyes, a facial expression, etc.: looking downwards, usually as a sign of discouragement, sadness, etc., or sometimes modesty.
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How to pronounce downcast
From Organisation to Institution
We were particularly downcast in spirit,
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Meaning
- [Adjective]
- Of the eyes, a facial expression, etc.: looking downwards, usually as a sign of discouragement, sadness, etc., or sometimes modesty.
- Of a person or thing: cast or thrown to the ground.
- Of a thing: directed downwards.
- (figurative):
- [Noun]
- (geology, obsolete) Synonym of downthrow (“a depression of the strata on one side of a fault; also, the degree of downward displacement in such a fault”).
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