What is the difference between downcast and abjection?
downcast | abjection |
(of eyes) Looking downwards.
* Dryden
(of a person) Feeling despondent.
(computing) A cast from supertype to subtype.
(obsolete) A melancholy look.
* Beaumont and Fletcher
(mining) A ventilating shaft down which the air passes in circulating through a mine.
(obsolete) To cast or throw up; to turn upward.
(Scotland) To taunt; to reproach; to upbraid.
(computing) To cast from supertype to subtype.
A low or downcast condition; meanness of spirit; abasement; degradation.
(obsolete, chiefly, figuratively) Something cast off; garbage.
(obsolete) The act of bringing down or humbling; casting down.
(obsolete) The act of casting off; rejection.
(biology, mycology) The act of dispersing or casting off spores.
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In context|obsolete|lang=en terms the difference between downcast and abjection
is that downcast is {{context|obsolete|lang=en}} a melancholy look while abjection is {{context|obsolete|lang=en}} the act of casting off; rejection {{defdate|attested from the early 17th century until the mid 17th century}}.As nouns the difference between downcast and abjection
is that downcast is {{context|computing|lang=en}} a cast from supertype to subtype while abjection is a low or downcast condition; meanness of spirit; abasement; degradation {{defdate|first attested from around (1350 to 1470)}}.As a adjective downcast
is {{context|of eyes|lang=en}} looking downwards.As a verb downcast
is {{context|transitive|obsolete|lang=en}} to cast or throw up; to turn upward.downcast
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- 'Tis love, said she; and then my downcast eyes, / And guilty dumbness, witnessed my surprise.
Noun
(en noun)- That downcast of thine eye.
Verb
abjection
English
Noun
(en noun)- "An abjection from the beatific regions where God, and his angels and saints, dwell forever. "
- "The abjection of the king and his realm. "
