Beaten down or crushed by trampling; also figurative down-trodden, oppressed.

That has been walked, stepped, or trampled upon (also figurative): see senses of tread, v. Also in combinations, as downtrodden, adj.

Trodden under foot.

That tramples, in various senses of the verb.

Bruised or worn; trodden under foot.

That has been physically trodden down; trampled underfoot.