downtrodden

1. 1.

   abused or oppressed by people in power

   Similarunfortunate

Questions about downtrodden

What does downtrodden mean?

downtrodden means "abused or oppressed by people in power".

How many syllables are in downtrodden?

downtrodden has 3 syllables: down-trod-den. The stress falls on "trod". In IPA it is /ˌdaʊnˈtɹɑdən/.

Is downtrodden a common word?

downtrodden is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.