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noun

doormat n.

A mat placed outside and exterior door for wiping the shoes before entering.

Synonyms: welcome mat.

(figurative) A person who is habitually abused, taken advantage of or humiliated; sometimes, one who is physically weak; as, they used him for a doormat.

Synonyms: weakling.

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Etymology of 'Doormat'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Doormat" Quotes from Famous Books

... this hen had laid an egg. 'I would never have believed it, Edie'—she says—'scooped out a nest there beautiful, ain't she; I wondered where her was laying. T'other morning the dog brought an egg round in his mouth and laid it on the doormat. There now, Aggie, Aggie, here a minute, come and look where the hen have laid that egg.' And as Aggie didn't answer the mother went in and found her on the sofa in ...

— The Best British Short Stories of 1922 • Edward J. O'Brien and John Cournos, editors

... picked all the locks with a penknife many a time. Besides, the key is sure to be under the doormat. Yes, here it is! Of all the unaccountable customs I ever knew, that's ...

— The Romance of a Christmas Card • Kate Douglas Wiggin

... their sagacious pows owre; and, eh, but he was this waster!—according to their way of it—and, oh, but he was the other waster! and, ochonee, but he was the wild fellow. And a' the while they werena fit to be his doormat; for it was only the fire in the ruffian made him seem ...

— The House with the Green Shutters • George Douglas Brown

... entrance lay a fish such as they had never seen before. It was flat as a doormat and seemed to cling fast to the coral floor. Upon its back were quills like those of a porcupine, all pointed and sharp. From the center of the fish arose a head shaped like a round ball, with a circle of piercing, bead-like eyes set in ...

— The Sea Fairies • L. Frank Baum

Words linked to "Doormat" : welcome mat, softy, wuss, namby-pamby, wimp, someone, mat, crybaby, chicken, weakling, mortal