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doormat
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun doormat has 2 senses
- doormat(n = noun.person) weakling, wuss - a person who is physically weak and ineffectual; Array is a kind of individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul
- doormat(n = noun.artifact) welcome mat - a mat placed outside an exterior door for wiping the shoes before entering; Array is a kind of mat
has particulars: namby-pamby, softie, softy, chicken, crybaby, wimp
OXFORD DICTIONARY
doormat, n.
1 a mat at an entrance for wiping mud etc. from the shoes.
2 a feebly submissive person.
1 a mat at an entrance for wiping mud etc. from the shoes.
2 a feebly submissive person.
THESAURUS
doormat
Milquetoast, baby, big baby, carpet, carpeting, chicken, crybaby, drop cloth, duckboards, dull tool, floorboards, flooring, ground cloth, ground-sheet, gutless wonder, invertebrate, jellyfish, lightweight, mat, meek soul, milksop, mollycoddle, namby-pamby, nebbish, nonentity, pansy, pantywaist, pave, pavement, pushover, rug, sad sack, sissy, softling, softy, sop, tiling, weak sister, weakling, welcome mat
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