cast down

1. 1.

   lower someone's spirits; make downhearted

   “These news depressed her”

   “The bad state of her child's health demoralizes her”

   Synonymsdepressdejectget downdismaydispiritdemoralizedemoralise

   Broaderdiscourage

   Narrowerchill

Questions about cast down

What does cast down mean?

cast down means "lower someone's spirits; make downhearted".

What is another word for cast down?

Close synonyms include depress, deject, get down, dismay, dispirit. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is cast down a common word?

cast down is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.