downcastness

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downcastness - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  downcast \down"cast`\, a.
     Cast downward; directed to the ground, from bashfulness,
     modesty, dejection, or guilt.
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           'T is love, said she; and then my downcast eyes,
           And guilty dumbness, witnessed my surprise. --Dryden.
  
     2. depressed; dispirited; dejected; -- of people.
  
     Syn: down(predicate), downhearted, low, low-spirited.
          [WordNet 1.5] -- Down"cast`ly, adv. --
          Down"cast`ness, n.
          [1913 Webster]