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downtrodden

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for downtrodden.

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Yeah, why dont the poor and downtrodden just pay their lobbyists to change the law of the land...

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Quick take

Trodden down.

Meaning at a glance

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adjective

Trodden down.

adjective

(figuratively) Oppressed, persecuted or subjugated.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for downtrodden.

Example sentences

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Yeah, why dont the poor and downtrodden just pay their lobbyists to change the law of the land...

2

Where is the evidence that depression is qualitatively different from being unhappy, or feeling downtrodden and apathetic?

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Ultimately this is a political battle, and Netflix is demonstrating they can get the ears of their downtrodden subscribers.

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A desire to help the downtrodden doesn't mean I'm green with envy.

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Will it require revolutions and civil war with accompanying bloodshed when the downtrodden unemployed rise up?

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There are numerous diseases which only affect the most poor and downtrodden citizens that are being worked on by thousands of 'first world' scientists.

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Small-scale peasant farmers have historically been the most downtrodden and oppressed group.

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After a month, I had some really bad personal news and I know I came in to work very downtrodden.

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I feel the same way about Kleiner Perkins and his comments about how the rich are downtrodden victims of the 99%.

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As a renter, I have a hard time feeling sympathy for the downtrodden landowning class.

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It may be, but rather in the sense that historical experience shows us that authorities use inflation to confiscate the economic power of the downtrodden.

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Then again, everyone likes to feel like the downtrodden victim.

Quote examples

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However the video was a bit cringe worthy, wearing a display of wealth while "helping" the poor and downtrodden.

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Women won the "war on women": they're no longer downtrodden.

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The types that financialize everything to make the poor poorer and rich richer will end up making contracts abusing the downtrodden along the lines of "sign over rights to your B.

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Whether it's feel-bad narratives like "rape culture is rampant in fraternities" or feel-good narratives like "downtrodden teenager wins big with his pluck and smarts", journalism has become driven by narrative.

Frequently asked questions

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How do you use downtrodden in a sentence?

Yeah, why dont the poor and downtrodden just pay their lobbyists to change the law of the land...

What does downtrodden mean?

Trodden down.

What part of speech is downtrodden?

downtrodden is commonly used as adjective.