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trodden on

trodden on is the past participle of tread on.

Meaning of tread on

Verb

tread on (third-person singular simple present treads on, present participle treading on, simple past trod on, past participle trodden on)

  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see tread, on.
  2. (transitive) To harm the interests of; to inhibit or diminish.
    • That political party is treading on minority rights.

Questions about trodden on

What is trodden on the past participle of?
Trodden on is the past participle of tread on.

Words near trodden on in the dictionary

  1. trodden carefully
  2. trodden down
  3. trodden in someone's footsteps
  4. trodden in someone's steps
  5. trodden lightly
  6. trodden on
  7. trodden on eggshells
  8. trodden on someone's corns
  9. trodden on someone's toes
  10. trodden out
  11. trodden softly

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Adapted from Wiktionary: trodden on (page history and authors); tread on (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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