Stepmother
noun
The current wife of your father who is not your biological mother.
My father got remarried, so now I have a stepmother.
Often appears as...
- evil stepmother
- loving stepmother
noun
The current wife of your father who is not your biological mother.
My father got remarried, so now I have a stepmother.
Often appears as...
- evil stepmother
- loving stepmother
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Pro Tip 1/3Family Dynamics
Stepmothers can have different roles within families, from caretakers to distant figures, which can affect the use of the term.
My stepmother is more of a friend to me than a parent.
Pro Tip 2/3Emotional Nuance
The word 'stepmother' can carry emotional weight, sometimes positive or negative, based on personal or cultural perceptions.
She's not just my stepmother, she's truly part of the family.
Pro Tip 3/3Colloquial Use
'Stepmom' is often used informally or affectionately to refer to one's stepmother.
I'm going shopping with my stepmom this weekend.
Pro Tip 1/3Family Dynamics
Stepmothers can have different roles within families, from caretakers to distant figures, which can affect the use of the term.
My stepmother is more of a friend to me than a parent.
Pro Tip 2/3Emotional Nuance
The word 'stepmother' can carry emotional weight, sometimes positive or negative, based on personal or cultural perceptions.
She's not just my stepmother, she's truly part of the family.
Pro Tip 3/3Colloquial Use
'Stepmom' is often used informally or affectionately to refer to one's stepmother.
I'm going shopping with my stepmom this weekend.
Pro Tip 1/3Family Dynamics
Stepmothers can have different roles within families, from caretakers to distant figures, which can affect the use of the term.
My stepmother is more of a friend to me than a parent.
Pro Tip 2/3Emotional Nuance
The word 'stepmother' can carry emotional weight, sometimes positive or negative, based on personal or cultural perceptions.
She's not just my stepmother, she's truly part of the family.
Pro Tip 3/3Colloquial Use
'Stepmom' is often used informally or affectionately to refer to one's stepmother.
I'm going shopping with my stepmom this weekend.
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Video examples
Four sisters in Ancient...
But they got in a real mess over which Domitia was married to whom and was either the great aunt or the great stepmother and so on to whom when they came to write it down. Domitia III is not just drawing on the pillar, she's also watching the action. You see, it's early,
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The Triumph and Tragedy...
about and i really appreciate your sharing this story which is a family story but it's also a story that's important for all the generations to know my stepmother was born in colonial india nine years before the subcontinent won
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Why I fight for the...
lose their lives. I've heard from neighbors lose their sons, their husbands, their children. But I never thought that that would ever come into my life. A month earlier, my stepmother,
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Four sisters in Ancient...
But they got in a real mess over which Domitia was married to whom and was either the great aunt or the great stepmother and so on to whom when they came to write it down. Domitia III is not just drawing on the pillar, she's also watching the action. You see, it's early,
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The Triumph and Tragedy...
about and i really appreciate your sharing this story which is a family story but it's also a story that's important for all the generations to know my stepmother was born in colonial india nine years before the subcontinent won
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Why I fight for the...
lose their lives. I've heard from neighbors lose their sons, their husbands, their children. But I never thought that that would ever come into my life. A month earlier, my stepmother,
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Quote examples
Kathi Appelt
American Writer
My favorite was the one about 'Snow White'. Those funky little guys with the beards. The poisonous apple. And that cool mirror the evil stepmother used to talk to. You know, she'd ask it all these questions: Who's the nicest? Who's the sweetest... Who's the fairest of them all? And for a while, everything was hunky-dory.
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Zach Braff
American Actor
My mother's a psychologist, my stepfather's a psychologist, my stepmother is a therapist and my dad's a lawyer. So it was all prominent in my life. I don't know anyone who doesn't know someone on some form of prescription medicine.
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Oliver Tambo
South African Politician
We were very lucky. My mother and stepmothers were on very, very good terms, and so we, the children, grew up as brothers and sisters.
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Ian Mckellen
English Actor
When I came out, I told my stepmother Gladys, and she just said she had known for years and was glad I wasn't lying anymore.
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John Garfield
American Actor
There was no convincing me that a stepmother could be anything but a wicked ogre, and I acted accordingly.
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Natasha Trethewey
American Poet
My father is a poet, my stepmother is a poet, and so I always had encouragement as a child to write.
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Philippa Gregory
British Writer
Being a stepmother has worked out very well for me. I love my stepchildren very much.
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Hesiod
Greek Poet
A day is sometimes our mother, sometimes our stepmother.
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Ruby Dee
American Actress
My stepmother wanted to be an actress.
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Euripides
Greek Poet
Better a serpent than a stepmother!
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Kathi Appelt
American Writer
My favorite was the one about 'Snow White'. Those funky little guys with the beards. The poisonous apple. And that cool mirror the evil stepmother used to talk to. You know, she'd ask it all these questions: Who's the nicest? Who's the sweetest... Who's the fairest of them all? And for a while, everything was hunky-dory.
Quote examples
Zach Braff
American Actor
My mother's a psychologist, my stepfather's a psychologist, my stepmother is a therapist and my dad's a lawyer. So it was all prominent in my life. I don't know anyone who doesn't know someone on some form of prescription medicine.
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Oliver Tambo
South African Politician
We were very lucky. My mother and stepmothers were on very, very good terms, and so we, the children, grew up as brothers and sisters.
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Ian Mckellen
English Actor
When I came out, I told my stepmother Gladys, and she just said she had known for years and was glad I wasn't lying anymore.
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John Garfield
American Actor
There was no convincing me that a stepmother could be anything but a wicked ogre, and I acted accordingly.
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Natasha Trethewey
American Poet
My father is a poet, my stepmother is a poet, and so I always had encouragement as a child to write.
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Philippa Gregory
British Writer
Being a stepmother has worked out very well for me. I love my stepchildren very much.
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Hesiod
Greek Poet
A day is sometimes our mother, sometimes our stepmother.
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Ruby Dee
American Actress
My stepmother wanted to be an actress.
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Euripides
Greek Poet
Better a serpent than a stepmother!
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