stepmother
the wife, by a later marriage, of one's parent.
Origin of stepmother
1- Also called step·mom [step-mom] /ˈstɛpˌmɒm/ .
Other words from stepmother
- step·moth·er·ly, adverb
- step·moth·er·li·ness, noun
Words Nearby stepmother
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How to use stepmother in a sentence
Billy Porter plays the Fairy Godmother, while fairy-tale icon Idina Menzel plays the villainous stepmother.
His father was distant and chilly, and then later, there was the evil stepmother.
In Dreams Begin Responsibilities: The Bountiful Life of Vartan Gregorian | Richard Stengel | April 18, 2021 | TimeShe’s desperate to visit her father, who is vaccinated, but is waiting to make the trip, since her stepmother isn’t vaccinated and she hasn’t gotten her own second dose.
How Social Lives Are Changing During the U.S. Vaccine Rollout | Jamie Ducharme | March 23, 2021 | TimeThat night, I went to meet with Kooper’s father and stepmother at their house, which sits out on the edge of town, near a small cattle farm.
The Lost Year: What the Pandemic Cost Teenagers | by Alec MacGillis, photography by Celeste Sloman | March 8, 2021 | ProPublicaMy father and stepmother found me, at the very beginning of the episode, having paranoid delusions.
I Avoided Facing My Mental Illness for Decades. The Pandemic Changed That | Jaquira Díaz | March 3, 2021 | Time
This was said to have created tension between his two grown daughters and their stepmother, who were known not to get along.
Would You Stay in Lizzie Borden’s Ax-Murder House? | Nina Strochlic | October 30, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHer father and stepmother both beat her, and she was forced to become a maid in her own house.
How One Young Woman Escaped Childhood Abuse and a Forced Marriage | Moral Courage | October 8, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTOn December 18, Kerri and her brother, Mike, told Piers Morgan on CNN about their grievances with their stepmother.
My stepmother knew Rabbi Kahane through her political activism in the 80's and remained close with some of his confidantes.
My relationship with Kahanism began in 2004, at the age of 10, when I moved to Israel to live with my father and stepmother.
Upon the death of his stepmother, his stepfather arranged to get him appointed to West Point.
Hallowed Heritage: The Life of Virginia | Dorothy M. TorpeyThey have only one servant; and my stepmother and sisters do the greater part of the work.
Mary Gray | Katharine TynanHer stepmother shed a few tears, which were half-gratification.
Mary Gray | Katharine TynanHe knew that she must have been poor and left in want when her stepmother had died.
An Old Man's Love | Anthony TrollopeNo doubt Fanny had often stood up for Mary with her stepmother, and now Mary herself had cut the ground from under her feet.
The Life and Letters of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Volume I (of 2) | Florence A. Thomas Marshall
British Dictionary definitions for stepmother
/ (ˈstɛpˌmʌðə) /
a woman who has married one's father after the death or divorce of one's mother
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