| Downtrodden (a.) Trodden down; trampled down; abused by superior power. Thesaurus Entries abject, abused, afflicted, beat, beaten, browbeaten, burdened, cowed, downtrod, ground down, henpecked, in leading strings, maltreated, mistreated, misused, oppressed, ordered around, overborne, overcome, overwhelmed, persecuted, plagued, regimented, servile, slavish, subjugated, submissive, trampled, tyrannized, underfoot, unmanned |