downtrodden
adjUK /ˈdaʊnˌtɹɒdən/ · US /ˈdaʊnˌtɹɑdən/
Etymology From Middle English *dountroden, past participle of Middle English dountreden (“to tread down, trample”), equivalent to down- + trodden.
1
Figuratively Oppressed, persecuted or subjugated.
2
Trodden down.
- a patch of downtrodden soil
- Derived terms
- downtroddenly, downtroddenness