"downtrodden" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more downtrodden [comparative], most downtrodden [superlative]
Etymology: From the past participle of downtrod. Etymology templates: {{m|en|downtrod}} downtrod Head templates: {{en-adj}} downtrodden (comparative more downtrodden, superlative most downtrodden)
  1. (figuratively) Oppressed, persecuted or subjugated. Tags: figuratively Synonyms: undertrodden Translations (oppressed, persecuted or subjugated): əzilən (Azerbaijani), məzlum (Azerbaijani), sıxılan (Azerbaijani), incidilən (Azerbaijani), oprimit [masculine] (Catalan), onderdrukt (Dutch), verdrukt (Dutch), sorrettu (Finnish), poljettu (Finnish), brimé [masculine] (French), écrasé [masculine] (French), opprimé [masculine] (French), unterdrückt (German), दबा-कुचला (dabā-kuclā) (Hindi), undertrykket (Norwegian), oprimat (Romanian), asuprit (Romanian), угнетённый (ugnetjónnyj) (Russian), claoidhte (Scottish Gaelic), air sàrachadh (Scottish Gaelic), podjarmljen (Serbo-Croatian), ugnjeten (Serbo-Croatian), oprimido (Spanish), nedtryckt (Swedish), förtryckt (Swedish), пригно́блений (pryhnóblenyj) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-downtrodden-en-adj-SoQcA72W Disambiguation of 'oppressed, persecuted or subjugated': 99 1
  2. Trodden down. Translations (trodden down): vertrapt (Dutch), poljettu (Finnish), écrasé [masculine] (French), nedtråkket (Norwegian), расто́птанный (rastóptannyj) (Russian), breabta (Scottish Gaelic), air saltradh (Scottish Gaelic), pogažen (Serbo-Croatian), pisoteado [masculine] (Spanish), nedtrampad (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-downtrodden-en-adj-glAXDOHZ Disambiguation of 'trodden down': 3 97

Verb

Etymology: From the past participle of downtrod. Etymology templates: {{m|en|downtrod}} downtrod Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} downtrodden
  1. past participle of downtrod Tags: form-of, participle, past Form of: downtrod
    Sense id: en-downtrodden-en-verb-xpHkow6x Categories (other): English adjectives ending in -en, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English adjectives ending in -en: 36 8 56 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 38 2 60 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 36 2 62

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If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.