The difference between Crestfallen and Downcast

When used as adjectives, crestfallen means sad because of a recent disappointment, whereas downcast means looking downwards.


Downcast is also noun with the meaning: a cast from supertype to subtype.

Downcast is also verb with the meaning: to cast or throw down.

check bellow for the other definitions of Crestfallen and Downcast

  1. Crestfallen as an adjective:

    Sad because of a recent disappointment.

  2. Crestfallen as an adjective:

    Depressed.

  3. Crestfallen as an adjective (obsolete, of a horse):

    Having the crest, or upper part of the neck, hanging to one side.

  1. Downcast as an adjective (of eyes):

    Looking downwards.

  2. Downcast as an adjective (of a person):

    Feeling despondent.

  1. Downcast as a noun (computing):

    A cast from supertype to subtype.

  2. Downcast as a noun (obsolete):

    A melancholy look.

  3. Downcast as a noun (mining):

    A ventilating shaft down which the air passes in circulating through a mine.

  1. Downcast as a verb (transitive, obsolete):

    To cast or throw down; to turn downward.

  2. Downcast as a verb (transitive, Scotland):

    To taunt; to reproach; to upbraid.

  3. Downcast as a verb (transitive, computing):

    To cast from supertype to subtype.

    Examples:

    "ant upcast"