Meanings
downtrodden1
comparative more downtrodden · superlative most downtrodden
- Trodden down.
a patch of downtrodden soil
downtrodden2
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveOppressed, persecuted or subjugated.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectiveabused or oppressed by people in power
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
downtrodden · adjective
- Middle Englishdountreden“to tread down, trample”
- Middle English*dountroden
- Englishdowntrodden
From Middle English *dountroden, past participle of Middle English dountreden (“to tread down, trample”), equivalent to down- + trodden.
More words from Middle English
Full word history & related roots →downtrodden · verb
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Catalan oprimit
- oprimitoppressed, persecuted or subjugated
Dutch onderdrukt, verdrukt
- onderdruktoppressed, persecuted or subjugated
- verdruktoppressed, persecuted or subjugated
- vertrapttrodden down
Finnish sorrettu, poljettu
- sorrettuoppressed, persecuted or subjugated
- poljettuoppressed, persecuted or subjugated
- poljettutrodden down
French brimé, écrasé
- briméoppressed, persecuted or subjugated
- écraséoppressed, persecuted or subjugated
- oppriméoppressed, persecuted or subjugated
- écrasétrodden down
German unterdrückt
- unterdrücktoppressed, persecuted or subjugated
Hindi दबा-कुचला
- दबा-कुचला (dabā-kuclā)oppressed, persecuted or subjugated
Norwegian undertrykket, nedtråkket
- undertrykketoppressed, persecuted or subjugated
- nedtråkkettrodden down
Romanian oprimat, asuprit
- oprimatoppressed, persecuted or subjugated
- asupritoppressed, persecuted or subjugated
Russian угнетённый, расто́птанный
- угнетённый (ugnetjónnyj)oppressed, persecuted or subjugated
- расто́птанный (rastóptannyj)trodden down
Scottish Gaelic claoidhte, air sàrachadh
- claoidhteoppressed, persecuted or subjugated
- air sàrachadhoppressed, persecuted or subjugated
- breabtatrodden down
- air saltradhtrodden down
Spanish oprimido, subyugado
- oprimidooppressed, persecuted or subjugated
- subyugadooppressed, persecuted or subjugated
- pisoteadooppressed, persecuted or subjugated
- holladooppressed, persecuted or subjugated
- conculcadooppressed, persecuted or subjugated
- pisoteadotrodden down
- patulladotrodden down
- apisonadotrodden down
- zapateadotrodden down
- holladotrodden down
- reholladotrodden down
- conculcadotrodden down
Swedish nedtryckt, förtryckt
- nedtrycktoppressed, persecuted or subjugated
- förtrycktoppressed, persecuted or subjugated
- nedtrampadtrodden down
Ukrainian пригно́блений
- пригно́блений (pryhnóblenyj)oppressed, persecuted or subjugated
Cite this entry
downtrodden. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/downtrodden
“downtrodden.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/downtrodden. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “downtrodden,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/downtrodden.
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