He has always been an advocate for the poor and downtrodden.
Source: tatoeba (5288594)
Downtrodden
//ˈdaʊnˌtɹɒdən//
Synonyms for "downtrodden" (34 found)
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Closest matches (7)
Strong matches (10)
Related words (17)
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1 entriesform of
1 entriesrelated to
4 entriessimilar
2 entriesTranslations
47 translations across 15 languages.
Azerbaijani
4 entries- incidilən adj (oppressed, persecuted or subjugated)
- məzlum adj (oppressed, persecuted or subjugated)
- sıxılan adj (oppressed, persecuted or subjugated)
- əzilən adj (oppressed, persecuted or subjugated)
Catalan
1 entries- oprimit adj (oppressed, persecuted or subjugated)
Dutch
3 entries- onderdrukt adj (oppressed, persecuted or subjugated)
- verdrukt adj (oppressed, persecuted or subjugated)
- vertrapt adj (trodden down)
Finnish
3 entries- poljettu adj (oppressed, persecuted or subjugated)
- poljettu adj (trodden down)
- sorrettu adj (oppressed, persecuted or subjugated)
French
4 entries- brimé adj (oppressed, persecuted or subjugated)
- opprimé adj (oppressed, persecuted or subjugated)
- écrasé adj (oppressed, persecuted or subjugated)
- écrasé adj (trodden down)
German
1 entries- unterdrückt adj (oppressed, persecuted or subjugated)
Hindi
1 entries- दबा-कुचला adj (oppressed, persecuted or subjugated)
Norwegian
2 entries- nedtråkket adj (trodden down)
- undertrykket adj (oppressed, persecuted or subjugated)
Romanian
2 entries- asuprit adj (oppressed, persecuted or subjugated)
- oprimat adj (oppressed, persecuted or subjugated)
Russian
2 entries- расто́птанный adj (trodden down)
- угнетённый adj (oppressed, persecuted or subjugated)
Scottish Gaelic
4 entries- air saltradh adj (trodden down)
- air sàrachadh adj (oppressed, persecuted or subjugated)
- breabta adj (trodden down)
- claoidhte adj (oppressed, persecuted or subjugated)
Serbo-Croatian
3 entries- podjarmljen adj (oppressed, persecuted or subjugated)
- pogažen adj (trodden down)
- ugnjeten adj (oppressed, persecuted or subjugated)
Spanish
4 entries- apisonado adj (trodden down)
- conculcado adj (oppressed, persecuted or subjugated)
- conculcado adj (trodden down)
- hollado adj (oppressed, persecuted or subjugated)
Swedish
3 entries- förtryckt adj (oppressed, persecuted or subjugated)
- nedtrampad adj (trodden down)
- nedtryckt adj (oppressed, persecuted or subjugated)
Ukrainian
1 entries- пригно́блений adj (oppressed, persecuted or subjugated)
Sample sentences
7 total sentences available.
He has consistently been an advocate for the poor and downtrodden.
Source: tatoeba (5288595)
I feel really downtrodden.
Source: tatoeba (5741328)
Soon the disenfranchised, downtrodden laymen started a full out uprising, seeking to tear out the remnants of their oppression.
Source: tatoeba (6907372)
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