
Meaning of DOORMAT
| Pronunciation: | | 'dowr`mat
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- [n] a mat placed outside an exterior door for wiping the shoes before entering
- [n] a person who is physically weak and ineffectual
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| | Synonyms: | | weakling, welcome mat, wuss |
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| | See Also: | | chicken, crybaby, human, individual, mat, mortal, namby-pamby, person, softie, softy, somebody, someone, soul, wimp | |
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| | Related Terms: | | 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, Milquetoast, 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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