The difference between Despondent and Downcast
When used as adjectives, despondent means in low spirits from loss of hope or courage, 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 Despondent and Downcast
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Despondent as an adjective:
In low spirits from loss of hope or courage.
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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"