Doormat

/ˈdɔːˌmæt/ · noun

Meaning

A coarse mat at the entrance to a house, upon which one wipes one's shoes..

Definitions by Sense

1. A coarse mat at the entrance to a house, upon which one wipes one's shoes.
2. (figuratively, derogatory) Someone who is overly submissive to others' wishes.

Example Sentences

Wipe your shoes on the doormat before you start plodding around in the house.

Mr. Simpson adds that the station at Stanmore appears practically unchanged from the time of its opening, even to the L.N.W.R. rubber doormat, which "shows no signs of wearing out."

Dimple glanced at an expensive-looking doormat with the words ‘LOSE THE SHOES’ woven into it and wondered why anyone would bother spending so much money on something people were going to wipe their feet on.

He's such a doormat, he lets everyone walk all over him.

If you flipped through certain magazines at this time you could be forgiven for thinking that there was no right way to be a woman, only wrong ones — bimbo or frump, slut or prude, shrew or doormat.

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