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. Viola Davis:

   I have been given a lot of roles that are downtrodden, mammy-ish, a lot of lawyers or doctors who have names but absolutely no lives. You're going to get your three or four scenes, you're not going to be able to show what you can do. You're going to get your little bitty paycheck, and then you're going to be hungry for your next role, which is going to be absolutely the same. That's the truth.

2. 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.

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. 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.

5. 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.