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doormat
noun [C] (PERSON) /ˈdɔː.mæt/
/ˈdɔːr-/ informal disapprovingDefinition
(Definition of doormat noun (PERSON) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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SMART Thesaurus: Treating people or animals badly
Synonyms and related words:
- a raw deal idiom
- at the hands of sb idiom
- batten on sb phrasal verb
- be heavy on sb idiom
- be put upon phrasal verb
- harassment noun
- have your knife into sb idiom
- hell noun
- hit sb where it hurts idiom
- ill-treat verb
- persecute verb
- persecution noun
- persecutor noun
- pick on sb phrasal verb
- prey on sb phrasal verb
- trample verb (TREAT WITHOUT RESPECT)
- treat sb like dirt idiom
- trespass on/upon sth phrasal verb
- tyrannical adjective
- tyrannize verb
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