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The definition of downtrodden is feeling oppressed or kept down by a situation or a ruler.

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An example of downtrodden is the feelings of citizens in a cruel dictatorship.

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See downtrodden in Webster's New World College Dictionary

adjective

trampled on or down
oppressed; subjugated; tyrannized over

See downtrodden in American Heritage Dictionary 4

adjective

Oppressed; tyrannized.

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