Doormat

Quick meaning: Doormat is a noun meaning A coarse mat at the entrance to a house, upon which one wipes one's shoes.

Meaning

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

More Meanings

1. (figuratively, derogatory) Someone who is overly submissive to others' wishes.

Example Sentences

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

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."

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.

Word Forms

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Synonyms for doormat

Depending on context, synonyms include bootlicker, simp, weakling.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include weakling, porch, mat, doorstep, carpet, rug.

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