1. Directed downward
   "a downcast glance"
    
2. Filled with melancholy and despondency
   "downcast after his defeat";
   - gloomy, grim, blue [informal], depressed, dispirited, down, downhearted, down in the mouth [informal], low, low-spirited

1. A ventilation shaft through which air enters a mine
   "The miners relied on the downcast to bring fresh air into the depths of the mine"

Derived forms: downcasts

See also: dejected, down, lugubrious

Type of: shaft

Encyclopedia: Downcast