Word: put-upon
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Despite many contrary opinions, Reynard still plainly considers himself as a much put-upon individual, "as faultless as a newborn infant ... a man of piety and a pillar of religion." As Grimbart the Badger, his long-suffering nephew, often pointed out, Reynard was frequently to be found at his devotions...
...only 42 became President of the House of Peers, most of whose members are three decades older. It became a settled thing among Japanese insiders that he was one day to be Premier, and the Japanese public are charmed by his anecdotes of when he was poor and put-upon...