downlooked

English

Etymology

From down +‎ looked.

Adjective

downlooked (comparative more downlooked, superlative most downlooked)

1. (obsolete) Having a downcast countenance; dejected; gloomy; sullen.
   • 1700, [John] Dryden, “Palamon and Arcite”, in Fables Ancient and Modern; […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC:

     Discolouring all she view'd, in Tawney dress'd; / Down-look'd, and with a Cuckow on her Fist

   • 1815 February 24, [Walter Scott], Guy Mannering; or, The Astrologer. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), Edinburgh: […] James Ballantyne and Co. for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, […]; and Archibald Constable and Co., […], →OCLC:

     He was downlooked, embarrassed , and avoided the eyes of those who looked hard at him.

References

• “downlooked”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• looked down