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downtrodden

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But it was good news to the poor, the diseased, the downtrodden and scorned, and all the “little” people.

The Boulevard Carnot, the seedy, downtrodden street that leads out of town, proved the point on my last night there.

But Alig is far from the unshaven and downtrodden man profiled in New York Magazine in 2007.

Responding to all them—especially the ones from “downtrodden” teens in the middle of the country—made him feel good.

He sympathized with the Irish downtrodden, African slaves, and American colonists of the late 1700s.

When one has been downtrodden one's whole life, one becomes accustomed to it, and besides she loved the down-treader.

From ind to ind of the land, the downtrodden serfs of Ireland are rising in their millions.

Just as oppressive and as bitter as the weeping that issues from the downtrodden has been before, it will eternally be.

And thus, by always striving to be something higher, the downtrodden grass plant became a Man.

Thinks too much about the poor and the downtrodden to be very cheerful company; but somebody ought to look after 'em, I suppose.

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On this page you'll find 33 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to downtrodden, such as: destitute, distressed, exploited, needy, oppressed, and persecuted.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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