downtrodden
tyrannized over; oppressed: the downtrodden plebeians of ancient Rome.
trampled upon.
Origin of downtrodden
1- Also downtrod .
Other words from downtrodden
- down·trod·den·ness, noun
Words Nearby downtrodden
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How to use downtrodden in a sentence
Despite Frese having just three seasons of experience as a head coach, Yow saw her as an overachiever who quickly turns around downtrodden programs.
Brenda Frese, closing in on win No. 500, has made Maryland women’s basketball a juggernaut | Kareem Copeland | February 4, 2021 | Washington PostThe media sometimes depicts Republican voters as the poor and downtrodden — as the people that globalization left behind in opioid-ravaged Rust Belt towns — but that’s not exactly true.
Why the Republican cult of victimhood is so dangerous | Max Boot | December 11, 2020 | Washington PostThe other has become a symbol of hope for a downtrodden, underserved, and at risk community, begging for justice and equity.
Morning Report: New Mayor, Council Take Over | Voice of San Diego | December 11, 2020 | Voice of San DiegoThe main lesson he took from that disaster was how brutally those in power can crush the downtrodden who dare to question the nature of things.
Five Scientists on the Heroes Who Changed Their Lives - Issue 93: Forerunners | Alan Lightman, Hope Jahren, Robert Sapolsky, | December 2, 2020 | NautilusMany high-profile investors made the pilgrimage to a swampy, downtrodden suburb of Miami, where they became convinced Abovitz was building a kind of Apple for computers strapped to people’s faces.
Magic Leap tried to create an alternate reality. Its founder was already in one | Verne Kopytoff | September 26, 2020 | Fortune
But it was good news to the poor, the diseased, the downtrodden and scorned, and all the “little” people.
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 | THE DAILY BEASTBut 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 | THE DAILY BEASTResponding 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 | THE DAILY BEASTHe 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 | THE DAILY BEASTWhen one has been downtrodden one's whole life, one becomes accustomed to it, and besides she loved the down-treader.
The Butterfly House | Mary E. Wilkins FreemanFrom ind to ind of the land, the downtrodden serfs of Ireland are rising in their millions.
My New Curate | P.A. SheehanJust as oppressive and as bitter as the weeping that issues from the downtrodden has been before, it will eternally be.
And thus, by always striving to be something higher, the downtrodden grass plant became a Man.
A Treasury of Eskimo Tales | Clara Kern BaylissThinks too much about the poor and the downtrodden to be very cheerful company; but somebody ought to look after 'em, I suppose.
What Will People Say? | Rupert Hughes
British Dictionary definitions for downtrodden
downtrod
/ (ˈdaʊnˌtrɒdən) /
subjugated; oppressed
trodden down; trampled
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