cast down

Meaning

1. To make (a person) discouraged or dejected.
2. To overthrow, to defeat or bring to ruin.
3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see cast, down.

Synonyms

throw down

dispirit

get down

demoralize

deject

depress

demoralise

fling down

dismay

lay low

throw into

hurl at

sarrowful

spritless

struck down

degraded

pitch down

dejected

deposited

despondent

humbled

humiliated

knock down

sad

☹️

cause to fall

Translations

abatir

démoraliser

deprimir

abismar

desmoralizar

espantar

😨

décourager

precipitar

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: casten doun

In summary

From Middle English casten doun, casten adoun, equivalent to cast + down.