cast down

vb (tr, adverb) to make (a person) discouraged or dejected

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Verb

cast down - lower someone's spirits; make downhearted; "These news depressed her"; "The bad state of her child's health demoralizes her"depress, dismay, dispirit, deject, demoralise, demoralize, get downchill - depress or discourage; "The news of the city's surrender chilled the soldiers"discourage - deprive of courage or hope; take away hope from; cause to feel discouraged

cast

verb1. To send through the air with a motion of the hand or arm:dart, dash, fling, heave, hurl, hurtle, launch, pitch, shoot, shy, sling, throw, toss.Informal: fire.2. To move (a weapon or blow, for example) in the direction of someone or something:aim, direct, head, level, point, set, train, turn, zero in.Military: lay.3. To send out heat, light, or energy:emit, irradiate, project, radiate, shed, throw.4. To form a strategy for:blueprint, chart, conceive, contrive, design, devise, formulate, frame, lay, plan, project, scheme, strategize, work out.Informal: dope out.Idiom: lay plans.5. To ascertain by mathematics:calculate, cipher, compute, figure, reckon.6. To combine (figures) to form a sum:add (up), foot (up), sum (up), tot (up), total, totalize.phrasal verb
cast aboutTo try to find something:hunt, look, quest, search, seek.phrasal verb
cast outTo rid one's mind of:banish, dismiss, dispel, shut out.noun1. An act of throwing:fling, heave, hurl, launch, pitch, shy, sling, throw, toss.2. A disposition of the facial features that conveys meaning, feeling, or mood:aspect, countenance, expression, face, look, visage.3. A hollow device for shaping a fluid or plastic substance:form, matrix, mold.4. The external outline of a thing:configuration, figure, form, pattern, shape.5. A class that is defined by the common attribute or attributes possessed by all its members:breed, description, feather, ilk, kind, lot, manner, mold, nature, order, sort, species, stamp, stripe, type, variety.Informal: persuasion.6. An inclination to something:bent, bias, disposition, leaning, partiality, penchant, predilection, predisposition, proclivity, proneness, propensity, squint, tendency, trend, turn.7. A shade of a color, especially a pale or delicate variation:hue, tinge, tint, tone.

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cast down

1. To throw something to the ground. In this usage, a noun or pronoun can be used between "cast" and "down." When she heard us mocking her, she cast down her book and stormed out of the room.2. To lower something (typically one's gaze). Because my son is so shy, he usually casts down his eyes whenever he meets someone.See also: cast, down

cast something down

to hurl or throw something down. She cast the glass down, breaking it into a thousand pieces. She cast down the tray and all that was on it.See also: cast, down

cast down

1. Throw down, hurl to the ground, as in She cast down her coat on the grass. [Late 1400s] 2. Bend down, lower, as in He cast down his eyes. [Late 1300s] See also: cast, down

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verb lower someone's spirits

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