doormat
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doormat
- /ˈdɔːˌmæt/ UK
- /ˈdɔɹˌmæt/ Canada, US
- /ˈdoːˌmæt/ Australia
noun doormats
- A coarse mat at the entrance to a house, upon which one wipes one's shoes. Wipe your shoes on the doormat before you start plodding around in the house.
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Someone who habitually yields to others' demands or mistreatment, failing to assert their own rights or interests.
He's such a doormat, he lets everyone walk all over him.
Similar: bootlicker, simp
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noun coarse mat that appears at the entrance to a house
| Español | felpudo |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | ドアマット doamatto, 靴拭き kutsufuki, マット matto |
| 中文 | 門墊 /门垫 méndiàn, 門口地墊 /门口地垫 ménkǒu dìdiàn, 擦腳墊 /擦脚垫 cājiǎodiàn |
| हिन्दी | पायदान pāydān |
| Português | capacho |
| Français | paillasson, essuie-pieds |
| Deutsch | Fußmatte, Fußabstreifer, Fußabtreter |
| Italiano | zerbino, stuoino, nettapiedi, stoino |
| Ελληνικά | πατάκι patáki |
| Română | preș |
| Русский | полови́к polovík, ко́врик kóvrik, цино́вка cinóvka |
| עברית | אסקופה נדרסת |
noun someone that is over-submissive to other's wishes
| 한국어 | 호구 hogu |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 舔狗 tiǎngǒu |
| Português | capacho |
| Français | carpette, paillasson |
| Deutsch | Fußabtreter |
| Italiano | zerbino |
| Русский | тря́пка trjápka, терпила terpila |
| עברית | אַסְקֻפָּה נִדְרֶסֶת asqupá nidréset |
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@misc{doormat_2026,
title = {doormat},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/doormat},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
