Definition of downtrodden
: suffering oppression
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Examples of downtrodden in a Sentence
They were poor and downtrodden.
a war that was supposed to liberate the downtrodden citizens of that nation
Recent Examples of downtrodden from the Web
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What We’re Reading Home Alone: CNN reports that President Trump has returned from his first overseas trip feeling downtrodden.
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Once again, Miss Cooper charitably intervenes — but will kindness prove enough to free the faux Major and the downtrodden Sybil from her domineering mother?
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Joining Gunn (Slither) at the panel in San Diego was Rainn Wilson (The Office), who stars as Frank D’arbo, a downtrodden man who recruits a psychotic teenager and dresses up in red tights to become The Crimson Bolt.
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First Known Use of downtrodden
1595
DOWNTRODDEN Defined for English Language Learners
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playDefinition of downtrodden for English Language Learners
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: without hope because of being treated badly by powerful people, governments, etc.
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