downcast eyes
Looking at floor
Eyes directed downward, typically signaling sadness, shame, modesty, or avoidance of contact.
The phrase describes a recognizable gesture of emotional withdrawal or deference: She sat with downcast eyes, unwilling to meet his gaze.
Someone with downcast eyes may be grieving, embarrassed, or simply lost in thought.
- shyReserved and retiring
- lowered gazeEyes pointed downward
- gazeFixed, intent look
- loweredMoved downward or reduced
- modestLacking in pretension
sad · averted · fleeting glance · bashful · glance · eyelashes · dejected · submissive · body language · humble · melancholy · shame · floor · demure · withdrawn · coy · timid · sorrowful
- Buddhist artBuddha statues, Buddha images, Buddha head, seated Buddha, standing Buddha
- eye movementsgaze, blink, stare, glance, squint
- humilityhumbleness, humble, meekness, modesty, modest
- sadnesssad, unhappy, grief, sorrowful, heartbroken
- flinchingflinch, flinching, wince, wincing, recoil
- submission gestureskowtow, genuflection, genuflect, genuflecting, prostration
social dominance/engagement
downcast eyessteady gaze
Unwavering visual attention
piercing gaze · piercing stare · hard stare · steely gaze · locked eyes
down, cast, downward, downwards, downer, downs, downed, downing, casts