cast down


verb
  1. (tr, adverb) to make (a person) discouraged or dejected

Words Nearby cast down

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How to use cast down in a sentence

  • Guadalupe, eyes cast down and arms outstretched, is a family member, the kind you can count on.

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  • He was cast down to think that he might have spared himself the trouble of donning his beautiful yellow doublet from Paris.

    St. Martin's Summer | Rafael Sabatini
  • And he cast down the pieces of silver into the sanctuary, and departed; and he went away and hanged himself.

    His Last Week | William E. Barton
  • I am cast down by grief at this evil news, and the summons from Court has brought me in all haste from Milan.

    St. Martin's Summer | Rafael Sabatini
  • The man did not appear very much cast down by this lack of courtesy, but bent over coolly and picked up his knife.

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  • And I will throw down your altars, and your idols shall be broken in pieces: and I will cast down your slain before your idols.

Other Idioms and Phrases with cast down

cast down

Throw down, hurl to the ground, as in She cast down her coat on the grass. [Late 1400s]

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