downtrodden
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English
[edit ]Pronunciation
[edit ]- (Received Pronunciation ) IPA (key): /ˈdaʊnˌtɹɒdən/
- (General American ) IPA (key): /ˈdaʊnˌtɹɑdən/
Etymology 1
[edit ]From Middle English *dountroden , past participle of Middle English dountreden ("to tread down, trample"), equivalent to down- + trodden .[1]
Adjective
[edit ]downtrodden (comparative more downtrodden, superlative most downtrodden)
- (figuratively ) Oppressed, persecuted or subjugated.
- Synonym: undertrodden
- Trodden down.
- a patch of downtrodden soil
Derived terms
[edit ]Translations
[edit ]oppressed, persecuted or subjugated
- Azerbaijani: əzilən , məzlum (az) , sıxılan , incidilən , qapazaltı
- Catalan: oprimit (ca) m
- Dutch: onderdrukt (nl) , verdrukt (nl)
- Finnish: sorrettu (fi) , poljettu (fi)
- French: brimé (fr) m, écrasé (fr) m, opprimé (fr) m
- German: unterdrückt (de)
- Hindi: दबा-कुचला (dabā-kuclā)
- Norwegian: undertrykket
- Romanian: oprimat (ro) , asuprit (ro)
- Russian: угнетённый (ru) (ugnetjónnyj)
- Scottish Gaelic: claoidhte , air sàrachadh
- Serbo-Croatian: podjarmljen , ugnjeten
- Spanish: oprimido (es) , subyugado (es) , pisoteado (es) , hollado (es) , conculcado (es)
- Swedish: nedtryckt , förtryckt (sv)
- Ukrainian: пригно́блений (pryhnóblenyj)
trodden down
- Dutch: vertrapt (nl)
- Finnish: poljettu (fi)
- French: écrasé (fr) m
- Norwegian: nedtråkket
- Russian: расто́птанный (ru) (rastóptannyj)
- Scottish Gaelic: breabta , air saltradh
- Serbo-Croatian: pogažen
- Spanish: pisoteado (es) , patullado (es) , apisonado (es) , zapateado (es) , hollado (es) , rehollado (es) , conculcado (es) , taconeado (es)
- Swedish: nedtrampad
Etymology 2
[edit ]See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
[edit ]downtrodden
References
[edit ]- ^ "downtrodden, adj. and n.", in OED Online Paid subscription required , Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
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