Doormat

/ˈdɔːrmæt/
noun

A mat placed in a doorway, on which people can wipe their shoes on entering a building.

I bought a new doormat for the front door.
Visual representation of "doormat" - A mat placed in a doorway, on which people can wipe their shoes on entering a building.

Often appears as...

  • buy a doormat
  • clean the doormat
noun

Someone who is always being treated badly by others because they are too kind or too weak to make people stop doing it.

She's such a doormat, she lets her friends walk all over her.
Visual representation of "doormat" - Someone who is always being treated badly by others because they are too kind or too weak to make people stop doing it.

Often appears as...

  • treat someone like a doormat
  • be a doormat

Usage tips

Disapproving

Colloquial

noun

A mat placed in a doorway, on which people can wipe their shoes on entering a building.

I bought a new doormat for the front door.
Visual representation of "doormat" - A mat placed in a doorway, on which people can wipe their shoes on entering a building.

Often appears as...

  • buy a doormat
  • clean the doormat
noun

Someone who is always being treated badly by others because they are too kind or too weak to make people stop doing it.

She's such a doormat, she lets her friends walk all over her.
Visual representation of "doormat" - Someone who is always being treated badly by others because they are too kind or too weak to make people stop doing it.

Often appears as...

  • treat someone like a doormat
  • be a doormat

Usage tips

Disapproving

Colloquial

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Visual representation of "doormat"
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Cultural Standard

Doormats often feature welcome messages, reflecting the hospitality of a home or establishment.

Illustration for Cultural Standard
Their doormat had 'Home Sweet Home' written on it.
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Placement

Typically found outside the door, but apartment dwellers might place them inside the entryway.

Illustration for Placement
He shook off the snow and wiped his boots on the indoor doormat.
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Seasonal Variations

Doormats can be seasonal or holiday-themed, changed throughout the year in some cultures.

Illustration for Seasonal Variations
We swap out our doormat for a festive one during Christmas.
LampPro Tip 1/3

Cultural Standard

Doormats often feature welcome messages, reflecting the hospitality of a home or establishment.

Illustration for Cultural Standard
Their doormat had 'Home Sweet Home' written on it.
LampPro Tip 2/3

Placement

Typically found outside the door, but apartment dwellers might place them inside the entryway.

Illustration for Placement
He shook off the snow and wiped his boots on the indoor doormat.
LampPro Tip 3/3

Seasonal Variations

Doormats can be seasonal or holiday-themed, changed throughout the year in some cultures.

Illustration for Seasonal Variations
We swap out our doormat for a festive one during Christmas.
LampPro Tip 1/3

Cultural Standard

Doormats often feature welcome messages, reflecting the hospitality of a home or establishment.

Illustration for Cultural Standard
Their doormat had 'Home Sweet Home' written on it.
LampPro Tip 2/3

Placement

Typically found outside the door, but apartment dwellers might place them inside the entryway.

Illustration for Placement
He shook off the snow and wiped his boots on the indoor doormat.
LampPro Tip 3/3

Seasonal Variations

Doormats can be seasonal or holiday-themed, changed throughout the year in some cultures.

Illustration for Seasonal Variations
We swap out our doormat for a festive one during Christmas.
Visual representation of the word "Doormat"

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Video examples

After Decades of...

soon as you get here you start acting white and treating us like we your doormats 2002's bend it like beckham is directed by gurinder chatta a kenyan indian english woman it's out of order anything i want is just not indian enough room these directors control over the narrative gives us new ones complex

Video examples

After Decades of...

soon as you get here you start acting white and treating us like we your doormats 2002's bend it like beckham is directed by gurinder chatta a kenyan indian english woman it's out of order anything i want is just not indian enough room these directors control over the narrative gives us new ones complex

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Quote examples

Roger Ailes

American Businessman

I don't remember threatening anybody, ever. I don't like threats. I don't respond well to them, so I don't give them. But I'm not a doormat. I try to meet the appropriate level of communications.
Portrait of Roger Ailes

Quote examples

Rebecca West

Irish Author

I myself have never been able to find out precisely what feminism is: I only know that people call me a feminist whenever I express sentiments that differentiate me from a doormat.
Portrait of Rebecca West

Quote examples

Jill Lepore

American Historian

When I was a kid, I used to deliver the newspaper all over town, cramming papers between screen doors and into mailboxes and under doormats.
Portrait of Jill Lepore

Quote examples

Hema Malini

Indian Actress

Times have changed. Girls no longer let people treat them like doormats. They take their decisions and stick to them. This makes me happy.
Portrait of Hema Malini

Quote examples

Kalki Koechlin

French Actress

Women are not a doormat. We are equivalent to men. It is just that we have different bodies and different biological needs.
Portrait of Kalki Koechlin

Quote examples

Reham Khan

Doormats are rarely valued. Men actually like women who are not that obsessed by the man in their life.
Portrait of Reham Khan

Quote examples

Pablo Picasso

Spanish Painter

There are only two types of women - goddesses and doormats.
Portrait of Pablo Picasso

Quote examples

Lewis B. Smedes

American Author

God is not a doormat, nor should anyone else be a doormat.
Portrait of Lewis B. Smedes

Quote examples

Amanda Harlech

English Writer

As women, we need to remember: don't be a doormat!
Portrait of Amanda Harlech

Quote examples

Manny Montana

American Actor

You can't always be the jokester and the doormat.
Portrait of Manny Montana

Quote examples

Roger Ailes

American Businessman

I don't remember threatening anybody, ever. I don't like threats. I don't respond well to them, so I don't give them. But I'm not a doormat. I try to meet the appropriate level of communications.
Portrait of Roger Ailes

Quote examples

Rebecca West

Irish Author

I myself have never been able to find out precisely what feminism is: I only know that people call me a feminist whenever I express sentiments that differentiate me from a doormat.
Portrait of Rebecca West

Quote examples

Jill Lepore

American Historian

When I was a kid, I used to deliver the newspaper all over town, cramming papers between screen doors and into mailboxes and under doormats.
Portrait of Jill Lepore

Quote examples

Hema Malini

Indian Actress

Times have changed. Girls no longer let people treat them like doormats. They take their decisions and stick to them. This makes me happy.
Portrait of Hema Malini

Quote examples

Kalki Koechlin

French Actress

Women are not a doormat. We are equivalent to men. It is just that we have different bodies and different biological needs.
Portrait of Kalki Koechlin

Quote examples

Reham Khan

Doormats are rarely valued. Men actually like women who are not that obsessed by the man in their life.
Portrait of Reham Khan

Quote examples

Pablo Picasso

Spanish Painter

There are only two types of women - goddesses and doormats.
Portrait of Pablo Picasso

Quote examples

Lewis B. Smedes

American Author

God is not a doormat, nor should anyone else be a doormat.
Portrait of Lewis B. Smedes

Quote examples

Amanda Harlech

English Writer

As women, we need to remember: don't be a doormat!
Portrait of Amanda Harlech

Quote examples

Manny Montana

American Actor

You can't always be the jokester and the doormat.
Portrait of Manny Montana
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