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
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Crestfallen as an adjective:
Sad because of a recent disappointment.
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Crestfallen as an adjective:
Depressed.
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Crestfallen as an adjective (obsolete, of a horse):
Having the crest, or upper part of the neck, hanging to one side.
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Downcast as an adjective (of eyes):
Looking downwards.
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Downcast as an adjective (of a person):
Feeling despondent.
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Downcast as a noun (computing):
A cast from supertype to subtype.
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Downcast as a noun (obsolete):
A melancholy look.
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Downcast as a noun (mining):
A ventilating shaft down which the air passes in circulating through a mine.
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Downcast as a verb (transitive, obsolete):
To cast or throw down; to turn downward.
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Downcast as a verb (transitive, Scotland):
To taunt; to reproach; to upbraid.
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Downcast as a verb (transitive, computing):
To cast from supertype to subtype.
Examples:
"ant upcast"