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downtrodden

adj
/ˈdaʊnˌtɹɒdən/UK/ˈdaʊnˌtɹɑdən/US

Etymology

From Middle English *dountroden, past participle of Middle English dountreden (“to tread down, trample”), equivalent to down- + trodden.

  1. derived from dountreden — “to tread down, trample”
  2. inherited from *dountroden✻

Definitions

  1. Oppressed, persecuted or subjugated.

  2. Trodden down.

    • a patch of downtrodden soil

  3. past participle of downtread

  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. past participle of downtrod

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA