verb🔗ShareOppress, suppress, exploit, persecute, step down on; put down; denigrate, subjugate"The cruel manager downtrodden his employees by constantly criticizing their work and denying them fair wages. "societypoliticsgovernmentinhumansufferingmoralactionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗ShareOppressed, persecuted or subjugated."The downtrodden students felt unheard and ignored by the strict teacher. "politicssocietysufferinghumanstateChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗ShareTrodden down."a patch of downtrodden soil"sufferingsituationsocietyhumanconditionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
