1. (a.) Cast downward; directed to the ground, from bashfulness, modesty, dejection, or guilt.

2. (n.) Downcast or melancholy look.

3. (n.) A ventilating shaft down which the air passes in circulating through a mine.

beating bowed-down cast down dashed debacle debased defeasance dejected depressed despairing despondent desponding discouraged disheartened dispirited down downhanging downhearted downthrow downthrown downturned drooping droopy drubbing fallen feeling low hanging heartless hypochondriac hypochondriacal in low spirits in the depths in the doldrums in the dumps languishing licking low low-spirited lowered overthrow pessimistic pining prostrate reduced rout shellacking spiritless subdued submerged suicidal sunk sunken weary of life woebegone world-weary