Downtrodden: alternatives and connections

The termination of the past participle of many strong verbs; as, in broken, gotten, trodden.

Grass and sprigs beaten or trampled down by a stag passing through them.

That may be abused.

A spiritual, celestial being, superior to man in power and intelligence. In the Scriptures the angels appear as God's messengers.

Trodden by buskins; pertaining to tragedy.

The act of seizing by force, or getting possession of by superior power or by stratagem; as, the capture of an enemy, a vessel, or a c…

One to whom is committed some charge, duty, or office, by a superior power; a commissioner.

Downward; going down; sloping; as, a down stroke; a down grade; a down train on a railway.

A stipendiary estate in land, held of superior, by service; the right which a vassal or tenant had to the lands or other immovable thi…

a trodden path

Distinguished mental superiority; uncommon intellectual power; especially, superior power of invention or origination of any kind, or…

A unit of power, used in stating the power required to drive machinery, and in estimating the capabilities of animals or steam engines…

The imagine-making power of the mind; the power to create or reproduce ideally an object of sense previously perceived; the power to c…

The part or faculty of the human soul by which it knows, as distinguished from the power to feel and to will; sometimes, the capacity…

Excess of liberty; freedom abused, or used in contempt of law or decorum; disregard of law or propriety.

Middle; intervening; as, a mesne lord, that is, a lord who holds land of a superior, but grants a part of it to another person, in whi…

To cut down; to cause to fall in rows or masses, as in mowing grass; -- with down; as, a discharge of grapeshot mows down whole ranks…

(of a government or government official) holding an office means being in power; "being in office already gives a candidate a great ad…