doormat
15
6.4
- noun
- /ˈdɔːrˌmæt/
- Offensive
:
[informal, despectivo] persona que se deja pisotear
- Do not let them just walk all over you like a doormat, OK, good.
- a perennial doormat
- a big doormat
So bottom line, do not become a man's, any man's doormat.
- So bottom line, do not become a man's, any man's doormat.
- As I said, it may be tactical and seeing it as tactical can feel very different than feeling like a doormat or someone who just gives in.
- But you boil it down, if this guy is not sexually connected with his wife and he is not paying his bills, he is a desperate doormat.
- Listen, all of that does not mean being a doormat.
- How do you know that that isn't just cope and you're not really being a doormat?
- Someone that feels like a doormat, that feels worthless is not not healthy.
- But it has become something that is more of a guess, a doormat situation where it enables parents to do whatever.
- Having said that, it is so important to draw a fine line what that you are understanding, but you should not be treated as a doormat.
Examples
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It's called being a doormat and that's why people walk all over you.
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She's been using you as her doormat for the last 20 years.
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- Well, stop being a doormat then!
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No, I will not be their doormat and let them continue to hurt me!
Blog text (12) -
Sometimes I am a doormat and I do what people want me to do because I pick the path of least resistance.
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Then stop being such a doormat.
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For one thing, there is a big difference between a nice guy and a doormat.
Blog text (17) -
Even with family, you don't make yourself a doormat and put up with everything a family member may do.
Blog text (28) -
I didn't want you to think I was still a doormat.
Fiction book (1999) -
Don't let yourself be treated like a doormat by your friends; stand up for yourself.
Synonyms
A person who behaves very humbly to please others or avoid trouble
Idioms
How Submissive
- Offensive
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- Offensive
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5.1
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2.3
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Doormat is also used for a person who is treated badly; imagine a person being 'walked on' like the mat at the door. That's why calling someone a doormat means they let others take advantage of them.