Thesaurus results for DOWNTRODDEN

downtrodden

adjective

ˈdau̇n-ˈträ-dᵊn

as in oppressed

suffering grave abuse or injustice at the hands of one in authority a war that was supposed to liberate the downtrodden citizens of that nation

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Recent Examples of downtrodden Tapping the engineer behind Johnny Cash renditions of Soundgarden and Glenn Danzig tunes casts Childers’s stories of downtrodden Americans in a new light. —

Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 2 Dec. 2025 The exuberant Daniels was much more downtrodden, and there seemed to be many thoughts running through his mind. —

Shreyas Laddha, Kansas City Star, 28 Nov. 2025 Not in any way, uh, a downtrodden victim. —

Deborah Unger, Scientific American, 5 Nov. 2025 Much of her derision is reserved for Joe (Adam Godley), her downtrodden husband and more pragmatic partner-in-crime. —

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oppressed

Adjective

According to Ehrman, Jesus’s teachings universalized earlier Jewish ethics by extending the duty to care for the poor, oppressed, and needy beyond one’s own community to include all people.

— Big Think, Big Think, 26 Mar. 2026
Again and again, American planners have assumed that if the right spark is provided, oppressed people will seize the moment and revolt.

— Voice of the People, New York Daily News, 9 Mar. 2026