Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to downcast
Participle: downcast; downcasted
Gerund: downcasting
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | downcast |
| you | downcast |
| he;she;it | downcasts |
| we | downcast |
| you | downcast |
| they | downcast |
Perfect
| I | have downcast; downcasted |
| you | have downcast; downcasted |
| he;she;it | has downcast; downcasted |
| we | have downcast; downcasted |
| you | have downcast; downcasted |
| they | have downcast; downcasted |
Past
| I | downcast; downcasted |
| you | downcast; downcasted |
| he;she;it | downcast; downcasted |
| we | downcast; downcasted |
| you | downcast; downcasted |
| they | downcast; downcasted |
Pluperfect
| I | had downcast; downcasted |
| you | had downcast; downcasted |
| he;she;it | had downcast; downcasted |
| we | had downcast; downcasted |
| you | had downcast; downcasted |
| they | had downcast; downcasted |
Future
| I | will downcast |
| you | will downcast |
| he;she;it | will downcast |
| we | will downcast |
| you | will downcast |
| they | will downcast |
Future Perfect
| I | will have downcast; downcasted |
| you | will have downcast; downcasted |
| he;she;it | will have downcast; downcasted |
| we | will have downcast; downcasted |
| you | will have downcast; downcasted |
| they | will have downcast; downcasted |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | downcast |
| you | downcast |
| he;she;it | downcast |
| we | downcast |
| you | downcast |
| they | downcast |
Perfect
| I | have downcast; downcasted |
| you | have downcast; downcasted |
| he;she;it | have downcast; downcasted |
| we | have downcast; downcasted |
| you | have downcast; downcasted |
| they | have downcast; downcasted |
Imperfect
| I | downcast; downcasted |
| you | downcast; downcasted |
| he;she;it | downcast; downcasted |
| we | downcast; downcasted |
| you | downcast; downcasted |
| they | downcast; downcasted |
Pluperfect
| I | had downcast; downcasted |
| you | had downcast; downcasted |
| he;she;it | had downcast; downcasted |
| we | had downcast; downcasted |
| you | had downcast; downcasted |
| they | had downcast; downcasted |
Conditional
Present
| I | would downcast |
| you | would downcast |
| he;she;it | would downcast |
| we | would downcast |
| you | would downcast |
| they | would downcast |
Perfect
| I | would have downcast; downcasted |
| you | would have downcast; downcasted |
| he;she;it | would have downcast; downcasted |
| we | would have downcast; downcasted |
| you | would have downcast; downcasted |
| they | would have downcast; downcasted |
Imperative
| you | downcast |
| we | Let's downcast |
| you | downcast |
Verbs conjugated like 'downcast'
cast,
overcast,
recast,
sweat,
downcast,
forcast,
forswart,
forthcast,
livecast,
newcast,
outsweat,
scomfit,
typecast,
vidcast,
Verbs similar to 'downcast'
downcase,
downcut,
downlist,
forncast,
bowcat,
die-cast,
diecast,
downarg,
downdate,
downface,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Middle English doun-casten, *adoun-casten (“to cast or throw (something) downwards; to break down (something); to overcome (someone); to overturn (something)”), from down (“in a downward direction; (figurative) to destruction”), adoun (“downward”) + casten (“to throw (something), fling, hurl; to overcome (someone), defeat, overpower; [etc.]”): see etymology 1. The English word is analysable as down- (prefix meaning ‘lower direction or position’) + cast (“to throw”, verb).
Sample Sentences
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For there shall come a mightier blast, / There shall be a darker day; / And the stars, from heaven down-cast, / Like red leaves be swept away! [1838 October, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, “Midnight Mass for the Dying Year”, in Voices of the Night, Cambridge, Mass.: […] John Owen, published 1839, →OCLC, stanza 12, page 30:]