downcast

Converse of object

• look: Teal'c made occasional visits to the Land of Light, returning either with a face of thunder or looking downcast - almost browbeaten.
• perform: Feedback Modify Exercise 1 so that it uses instanceof to check the type before performing the downcast.

Adjective modifier

• little: I was beyond being scared, but more than a little downcast at what my fate may be.
• type-safe: The second syntax for RTTI is called a " type-safe downcast.

Modifies a noun

• shaft: At the shaft bottom of a downcast shaft, this was where the fresh air was drawn down.
• eye: They were all poorly clad, and from their downcast eyes and their humble looks I guessed them to be the victims of oppression.
• face: She glanced up as I entered, and then became very still, with a downcast face and her hands clenched on the table.
• look: There stood Buzzer, wearing a worried downcast look.
• head: Suddenly she seized my downcast head and kissed my hair.
• voice: His feeble companion entreated them with a downcast voice to carry the empty body wherever they wished.

Modifying Another Word

• so: And all the village wondered as he passed What made the change, what made him so downcast.
• very: A colleague of mine, a woman, came to work one morning, looking very downcast and not herself.
• somewhat: Even Frank seemed somewhat downcast â a bad sign, as heâs normally a cheery soul, despite the anger raging inside him.
• slightly: The Aussies start expressing their support for their fella and the Australian Alps are still full, if slightly downcast.

Noun used with modifier

• eye: We are not always habited, and rarely to be seen with hands folded and eyes downcast!
• face: Head slightly bowed, face downcast, lips pursed; this is a wise, withdrawn Mehmed.
• thou: It goes like this: ' Why art thou downcast, O my soul?
• art: It goes like this: ' Why art thou downcast, O my soul?

Used with adjective complement

• look: Annie, tho, looked downcast, so he changed his mind again and they went round the park once more.
• feel: The day just sort of dissolved at the end and I for one left feeling slightly downcast.