Gleeful vs Downcast - What's the difference?
gleeful | downcast |
(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.
As adjectives the difference between gleeful and downcast
is that gleeful is exuberantly or triumphantly joyful while downcast is (of eyes) looking downwards.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.gleeful
English
Alternative forms
* gleefull (archaic)Synonyms
* elated * exhilarated * high-spirited * overjoyeddowncast
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.