Downcast vs. Unhappy — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Downcast and Unhappy
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Downcast
Directed downward
A downcast glance.
Unhappy
Not happy or joyful; sad or sorrowful
Unhappy over his friend's departure.
Downcast
Low in spirits; depressed.
Unhappy
Not satisfied; displeased or discontented
Unhappy with her raise.
Downcast
(of eyes) Looking downwards.
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Unhappy
Not attended by or bringing good fortune; unlucky
An unhappy development.
Downcast
(of a person) Feeling despondent.
Unhappy
Not suitable; inappropriate
An unhappy choice of words.
Downcast
(computing) A cast from supertype to subtype.
Unhappy
Not happy; sad.
Downcast
(obsolete) A melancholy look.
Unhappy
Not satisfied; unsatisfied.
An unhappy customer is unlikely to return to your shop.
Downcast
(mining) A ventilating shaft down which the air passes in circulating through a mine.
Unhappy
Not lucky; unlucky.
The doomed lovers must have been born under an unhappy star.
Downcast
To cast or throw down; to turn downward.
Unhappy
Not suitable; unsuitable.
Downcast
To taunt; to reproach; to upbraid.
Unhappy
An individual who is not happy.
Downcast
To cast from supertype to subtype.
Unhappy
Not happy or fortunate; unfortunate; unlucky; as, affairs have taken an unhappy turn.
Downcast
Cast downward; directed to the ground, from bashfulness, modesty, dejection, or guilt.
'T is love, said she; and then my downcast eyes,And guilty dumbness, witnessed my surprise.
Unhappy
In a degree miserable or wretched; not happy; sad; sorrowful; as, children render their parents unhappy by misconduct.
Downcast
Depressed; dispirited; dejected; - of people.
Unhappy
Marked by infelicity; evil; calamitous; as, an unhappy day.
Downcast
Downcast or melancholy look.
That downcast of thine eye.
Unhappy
Mischievous; wanton; wicked.
Downcast
A ventilating shaft down which the air passes in circulating through a mine.
Unhappy
Experiencing or marked by or causing sadness or sorrow or discontent;
Unhappy over her departure
Unhappy with her raise
After the argument they lapsed into an unhappy silence
Had an unhappy time at school
The unhappy (or sad) news
He looks so sad
Downcast
A ventilation shaft through which air enters a mine
Unhappy
Generalized feeling of distress
Downcast
Directed downward;
A downcast glance
Unhappy
Causing discomfort;
The unhappy truth
Downcast
Low in spirits;
Lonely and blue in a strange city
Depressed by the loss of his job
A dispirited and resigned expression on her face
Downcast after his defeat
Feeling discouraged and downhearted
Unhappy
Marked by or producing unhappiness;
Infelicitous circumstances
Unhappy caravans, straggling afoot through swamps and canebrakes
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