cast eyes down



cast one's eyes down

Fig. to tilt one's head or gaze downward. (Usually a sign of shame or to appear not to have seen someone.) She cast her eyes down as they saw each other again. He cast down his eyes in shame.
See also: cast, down, eye

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
JacobJAY-kəb (English), YAH-kawp (Dutch)English, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Jewish, Biblical
Stanislavastah-nee-SLAH-vah (Russian)Czech, Slovak, Bulgarian, Serbian, Croatian, Slovene, Russian, Medieval Slavic
Yakub-Arabic
DouglassDUG-ləsScottish
Shipp[ʃip]
Domnall-Scottish, Irish