adj, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb

1. 1
   to oppress, suppress, exploit, persecute, step down on; put down; denigrate, subjugate US

   "And I don't know of any manufacturer or any industry that wants to downtrod the farmer."

Adjective

1. 1
   downtrodden; abused by superior power archaic, poetic

   "I will lift the downtrod Mortimer"

Synonyms

All synonyms

downtreaddowntroddenhenpeckedoppressedservileslavish

Example

More examples

"And I don't know of any manufacturer or any industry that wants to downtrod the farmer."

Etymology

Etymology 1

Back-formation from downtrodden; see downtread.

Etymology 2

From down- + trod.

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