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put-upon

put-upon is the alternative form of put upon.

Meaning of put upon

Adjective

put upon (comparative more put upon, superlative most put upon)

  1. Imposed on, taken advantage of, used, taken for granted, or unappreciated.
    • A man shouldn't let hisself be put upon by circumstances so as to be only half hisself.1876 May – 1877 July, Anthony Trollope, The American Senator […], volume III, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published 1877, →OCLC, page 209
    Synonyms:
    victimized

Forms of put-upon

comparativemore put-upon
superlativemost put-upon

Questions about put-upon

What is put-upon the alternative form of?
Put-upon is the alternative form of put upon.

Words near put-upon in the dictionary

  1. put-putting
  2. put-together
  3. put-up
  4. put-up job
  5. put-up jobs
  6. put-upon
  7. put-ups
  8. put-you-up
  9. put-you-ups
  10. puta
  11. putable

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