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downtrodden

[ doun-trod-n ]

/ ˈdaʊnˌtrɒd n /

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adjective

tyrannized over; oppressed: the downtrodden plebeians of ancient Rome.

trampled upon.

Also down·trod.

Origin of downtrodden

First recorded in 1560–70; down¹ + trodden

OTHER WORDS FROM downtrodden

down·trod·den·ness, noun

Words nearby downtrodden

downthrow, downtick, downtime, downtown, downtrend, downtrodden, downturn, downvote, downward, downward mobility, downwards

Example sentences from the Web for downtrodden

But it was good news to the poor, the diseased, the downtrodden and scorned, and all the “little” people.

Jesus Wasn’t Born Rich. Think About It. |Gene Robinson |December 25, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
The Boulevard Carnot, the seedy, downtrodden street that leads out of town, proved the point on my last night there.

No Movie Stars, No Red Carpet, But Off-Season Cannes Is Still Magic |Liza Foreman |September 15, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
But Alig is far from the unshaven and downtrodden man profiled in New York Magazine in 2007.

The Party Monster Lives For the Applause: Michael Alig’s Second Act |Caitlin Dickson |February 28, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Responding to all them—especially the ones from “downtrodden” teens in the middle of the country—made him feel good.

The Party Monster Lives For the Applause: Michael Alig’s Second Act |Caitlin Dickson |February 28, 2014 |DAILY BEAST

He sympathized with the Irish downtrodden, African slaves, and American colonists of the late 1700s.

We Are Radicals at Heart: A New History Gets America Wrong |Harvey J. Kaye |December 5, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
Listen to the note of the agricultural, downtrodden labourer, his wail of anguish under the heel of the squire and farmer.

An Old English Home |S. Baring-Gould
The great poets have been on the side of the oppressed—of the downtrodden.

The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 3 (of 12) |Robert G. Ingersoll
Who waste in folly and luxury and vice what ought to go for the uplifting of the downtrodden and neglected.

A Gamble with Life |Silas K. Hocking
Does the violet, hidden in the downtrodden grass, think how sweet it is?

The Broken Cup |Johann Heinrich Daniel Zschokke
There are still knights errant, who see visions and leave everything, to right the wrong and help the downtrodden.

The Coast of Adventure |Harold Bindloss

British Dictionary definitions for downtrodden

downtrodden

downtrod

/ (ˈdaʊnˌtrɒdən) /

adjective

subjugated; oppressed

trodden down; trampled