downtrodden

UK /ˈdaʊnˌtɹɒdən/ US /ˈdaʊnˌtɹɑdən/

adj 2

Collocations

ADJ.

poor, soon, whole

VERB + DOWNTRODDEN

disenfranchised, feel, patch, rest

DOWNTRODDEN + NOUN

laymen, soil

ADV.

really

adj

Oppressed, persecuted or subjugated.

Trodden down.

a patch of downtrodden soil

a patch of downtrodden soil

Wiktionary

He has always been an advocate for the poor and downtrodden.

Tatoeba · #5288594

He has consistently been an advocate for the poor and downtrodden.

Tatoeba · #5288595

I feel really downtrodden.

Tatoeba · #5741328

Soon the disenfranchised, downtrodden laymen started a full out uprising, seeking to tear out the remnants of their oppression.

Tatoeba · #6907372

Yanni spent his whole life downtrodden and beaten.

Tatoeba · #9668835

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