cast down

Verb

Meaning

lower someone's spirits; make downhearted

Source: WordNet

Alternative names

cast-down

Synonyms

dismay depress demoralize dispirit deject get down down low blue crestfallen daunt upset depressed distress disappointed

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Antonyms

jolly airy wow gladden mesmerize move

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Hypernyms

discourage

Hyponyms

chill

Examples

But love, like the sun that it is, sets afire and melts everything. what greed and privilege to build up over whole centuries the indignation of a pious spirit, with its natural following of oppressed souls, will cast down with a single shove. José Martí

In the Christian world... it is believed that angels were created at the beginning, and that heaven was formed of them; and that the Devil or Satan was an angel of light, who, becoming rebellions, was cast down with his crew, and that this was the origin of hell. Emanuel Swedenborg

Be not cast down. If ye saw Him who is standing on the shore, holding out His arms to welcome you to land, ye would wade, not only through a sea of wrongs, but through hell itself to be with Him. Samuel Rutherford

And if you cast down an idol, there's nothing left. Agatha Christie

I try to have reasonably happy endings because I would hate any child to be cast down in gloom and despair; I want to show them you can find a way out of it. Jacqueline Wilson

An ill win penny will cast down a pound. Scottish Proverb

Close letter words and terms

cast doubt cast doubt on cast doubt upon cast dusk cast for cast forth