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downtrodden

Also downtrod

[doun-trod-n]

adjective

  1. tyrannized over; oppressed.

    the downtrodden plebeians of ancient Rome.

  2. trampled upon.



downtrodden

/ ˈ岹ʊˌٰɒə /

adjective

  1. subjugated; oppressed

  2. trodden down; trampled

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other Word Forms

  • downtroddenness noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of downtrodden1

First recorded in 1560–70; down 1 + trodden
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“Joy is an act of resistance,” state party Chairman Rusty Hicks gamely suggested at a beer-and-wine reception, which opened the party’s annual three-day convention with as much conviviality as the downtrodden could muster.

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We have to understand that addiction is not just about the weak and the downtrodden.

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Guthrie “always stood up for the poor, the downtrodden, for those on the lowest rungs of the ladder. He expressed it on his guitar, which said ‘This machine kills fascists.’”

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But to characterize America as a poor, downtrodden nation exploited by the rest of the world is fantasy.

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