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downtrodden
[doun-trod-n]
downtrodden
/ ˈ岹ʊˌٰɒə /
adjective
subjugated; oppressed
trodden down; trampled
Other Word Forms
- downtroddenness noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of downtrodden1
Example Sentences
“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.
We have to understand that addiction is not just about the weak and the downtrodden.
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.’”
The Jesus of the Hallow app isn't much concerned about social justice or caring for the downtrodden, but about being your good buddy who strokes your hair after a bad day at work.
But to characterize America as a poor, downtrodden nation exploited by the rest of the world is fantasy.
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