downtrodden
English
editEtymology 1
editFrom Middle English *dountroden, past participle of Middle English dountreden (“to tread down, trample”), equivalent to down- + trodden.[1]
Adjective
editdowntrodden (comparative more downtrodden, superlative most downtrodden)
- (figuratively) Oppressed, persecuted or subjugated.
- Synonym: undertrodden
- Trodden down.
- a patch of downtrodden soil
Translations
editoppressed, persecuted or subjugated
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trodden down
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Etymology 2
editSee the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
editdowntrodden
References
edit- ^ “downtrodden, adj. and n.”, in OED Online , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.