Synonyms for downtrodden
ˈdaʊnˌtrɒd ndown·trod·den

Princeton's WordNet

1. downtroddenadjective

   abused or oppressed by people in power

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1. List of paraphrases for "downtrodden":

   oppressed

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1. Kelvin Cochran:

   I ’m not discouraged and I ’m not downtrodden, this is a God thing and He’s going to do great things and He will vindicate me publicly.

2. Vladimir Lenin:

   You all know that even when women have full rights, they still remain fatally downtrodden because all housework is left to them. In most cases housework is the most unproductive, the most barbarous and the most arduous work a woman can do. It is exceptionally petty and does not include anything that would in any way promote the development of the woman.

3. South African:

   A man of extraordinary intellect, integrity and invincibility against the forces of apartheid, he was also tender and vulnerable in his compassion for those who had suffered oppression, injustice and violence under apartheid, and oppressed and downtrodden people around the world.

4. Anthony Burgess:

   The downtrodden, who are the great creators of slang.

5. Pastor Paul Pakianathan:

   The downtrodden, lower income group... they see a foreigner and see them as a godfather, maybe he found that an easier way to get them.