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Definition of "downtrodden" []

  • Oppressed; tyrannized. (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "downtrodden" in a sentence
  • "One of the Bible's best-known examples of how we are to embrace the downtrodden is in the parable of the Good Samaritan."
  • "But to cloak one's personal gripes, however subconsciously, in the cloak of solidarity with all downtrodden is just plain disingenuous -- to use the nicest word."
  • "It’s perhaps of even greater interest to note that this Jewish support for the downtrodden is almost exclusively done on behalf of groups that are not Jewish."