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Antonyms for downtrodden
Grammar : Adj |
Spell : doun-trod-n |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈdaʊnˌtrɒd n |
Definition of downtrodden
Origin :- 1560s, "stepped on," from down (adv.) + trodden. Figurative use, "oppressed," is from 1590s.
- adj afflicted, abused
- In the first place, she was a poor, downtrodden woman; in the second, she was their broker.
- Extract from : « In a Little Town » by Rupert Hughes
- He was an arrant coward like the most of his downtrodden race.
- Extract from : « Tess of the Storm Country » by Grace Miller White
- From ind to ind of the land, the downtrodden serfs of Ireland are rising in their millions.
- Extract from : « My New Curate » by P.A. Sheehan
- The German Yorick was the champion of the oppressed and downtrodden.
- Extract from : « Laurence Sterne in Germany » by Harvey Waterman Thayer
- He was badly dressed, and bore a sad, depressed, downtrodden aspect.
- Extract from : « The Vicar of Bullhampton » by Anthony Trollope
- Does the violet, hidden in the downtrodden grass, think how sweet it is?
- Extract from : « The Broken Cup » by Johann Heinrich Daniel Zschokke
- I can assure you that the plight of the downtrodden workers will be alleviated.
- Extract from : « Gambler's World » by John Keith Laumer
- Trickery of the downtrodden slaans against the ruling class.
- Extract from : « Tarrano the Conqueror » by Raymond King Cummings
- For more than a century, she was downtrodden by the English.
- Extract from : « Fromentin » by Georges Beaume
- She is so pale, so likeable, so downtrodden, and she has been so pretty!
- Extract from : « The Affair at the Inn » by Kate Douglas Wiggin
Synonyms for downtrodden
- a slave to
- abject
- at one's beck and call
- at one's feet
- at one's mercy
- destitute
- distressed
- exploited
- have-not
- helpless
- in one's clutches
- in one's pocket
- in one's power
- led by the nose
- maltreated
- mistreated
- needy
- oppressed
- overcome
- persecuted
- subjugated
- subservient
- suppressed
- tyrannized
- under one's thumb
- underdog
- underfoot
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