Search Result for "downtrodden":
Wordnet 3.0
ADJECTIVE (1)
1. abused or oppressed by people in power;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Downtrod \Down"trod`\, Downtrodden \Down"trod`den\, a. Trodden down; trampled down; abused by superior power. --Shak. DownwardMoby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
31 Moby Thesaurus words for "downtrodden": abject, abused, afflicted, beat, beaten, browbeaten, burdened, cowed, downtrod, ground down, henpecked, in leading strings, maltreated, mistreated, misused, oppressed, ordered around, overborne, overcome, overwhelmed, persecuted, plagued, regimented, servile, slavish, subjugated, submissive, trampled, tyrannized, underfoot, unmanned
