The difference between Downcast and Exultant
When used as adjectives, downcast means looking downwards, whereas exultant means very happy, especially at someone else's defeat or failure.
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 Downcast and Exultant
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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"
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Exultant as an adjective:
Very happy, especially at someone else's defeat or failure.