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Downcast vs Grievous - What's the difference?

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Downcast is a related term of grievous.


As adjectives the difference between downcast and grievous

is that downcast is (of eyes) looking downwards while grievous is causing grief, pain or sorrow.

As a noun downcast

is (computing) a cast from supertype to subtype.

As a verb downcast

is (obsolete) to cast or throw up; to turn upward.

downcast

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • (of eyes) Looking downwards.
  • * Dryden
    • 'Tis love, said she; and then my downcast eyes, / And guilty dumbness, witnessed my surprise.
  • (of a person) Feeling despondent.

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • (computing) A cast from supertype to subtype.
  • (obsolete) A melancholy look.
  • * Beaumont and Fletcher
    • That downcast of thine eye.
  • (mining) A ventilating shaft down which the air passes in circulating through a mine.

    • Verb

  • (obsolete) To cast or throw up; to turn upward.
  • (Scotland) To taunt; to reproach; to upbraid.
  • (computing) To cast from supertype to subtype.

    • grievous

    English

    Alternative forms

    * greuous (obsolete) * grievious (less common outside dialects)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Causing grief, pain or sorrow.
  • * 1883 ,
    • As for the captain, his wounds were grievous indeed but not dangerous.
  • Serious, grave, dire or dangerous.

    • Synonyms

    * See also