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put-upon

[ poot-uh-pon, -pawn ]

adjective

  1. imposed upon; ill-used.


put upon

verb

  1. to presume on (a person's generosity, good nature, etc); take advantage of

    he's always being put upon

  2. to impose hardship on; maltreat
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of put-upon1

First recorded in 1915–20
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Taking these roles together, especially “Friendship†and “The Dutchman,†in one of them you’re this put-upon wife and the other one you’re this whirlwind, demonic vixen.

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She could be sweet, evil, overbearing, put-upon, thoughtful, impulsive, girlish, vulnerable or manipulative and superimpose selected qualities for extra complexity, always with a compressed energy, obvious or veiled.

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And he calls Enrico Colantoni, who plays their put-upon principal with weary grace, “such a gift to the project. His acting is like a drug.â€

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He inhabits a space populated by right-wing windbags who have convinced each other, through endless repetition, that they are the most put-upon people in history.

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Scott wrote in The Times, “you are likely to leave this one feeling as grouchy and put-upon as the title character.â€

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