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downcast adjective

  /-kæst/ , /ˈdaʊnkɑːst/ , /ˈdaʊnˌkæst/
  • Of a person: feeling despondent or discouraged.
 alakuloinen, allapäin, apea
  • Of the eyes, a facial expression, etc.: looking downwards, usually as a sign of discouragement, sadness, etc., or sometimes modesty.
 alas luotu
  • Of a person or thing: cast or thrown to the ground.
 alas syösty
  • Of a thing: directed downwards.
 alaspäin menevä, alaspäin osoittava

downcast noun

  /-kæst/ , /ˈdaʊnkɑːst/ , /ˈdaʊnˌkæst/
  • (countable) An act of looking downwards, usually as a sign of discouragement, sadness, etc., or sometimes modesty; hence (uncountable, archaic) , dejection, melancholy.
 katsominen alas
  • (countable, computing) A cast from supertype to subtype.
 muuntaa alityypiksi
  • An act, or the situation, of being cast or thrown to the ground.
 syökseminen maahan
  • (countable, mining, chiefly, attributive) A ventilating shaft down which air passes in circulating through a mine.
 tuuletuskuilu

downcast verb

  /-kæst/ , /-ˈkæst/ , /daʊnˈkɑːst/ , /ˈdaʊnkɑːst/ , /ˈdaʊnˌkæst/ , /ˌdaʊnˈkæst/
  • (computing) To cast (a data type) from supertype to subtype.
 alityypiksi muuntaminen
  • To cast or throw (something) downwards; also, to drop or lower (something).
 heittää alas, syöstä alas
  • To turn (the eyes) downwards, usually as a sign of discouragement, sadness, etc., or sometimes modesty.
 kääntää alaspäin
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