Associations to the word «Downtrodden»

Wiktionary

DOWNTRODDEN, adjective. (figuratively) Oppressed, persecuted or subjugated.
DOWNTRODDEN, adjective. Trodden down.
DOWNTRODDEN, verb. Past participle of downtrod

Dictionary definition

DOWNTRODDEN, adjective. Abused or oppressed by people in power.

Wise words

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne