wicked stepmother
Cruel parental replacement
A wicked stepmother is the stock villain of fairy tales—the cruel woman who marries a widower and mistreats his children, as in Cinderella or Snow White.
The figure is so conventional that the phrase often appears as a unit: She treated me like a wicked stepmother.
In broader use, it describes any woman perceived as cold or unfair to children not biologically hers.
- once upon a timeTraditional narrative opening
- evilProfound moral wickedness
- fairy taleMagical children's narrative
- CinderellaRags-to-riches heroine
- glass slipperTransparent formal footwear from folklore
jealous · cruel · vain · Snow White · poisoned apple · dark magic · magic mirror · jealousy · curse · spindle · beautiful · locked away · stepdaughter · castle · enchantment · true love's kiss · happily ever after · witch
- Fairy Tale Mothersfairy godmother, matriarch
- Cinderellaglass slipper, fairy godmother, Prince Charming, pumpkin, midnight
- Disney moviesfairy tale, princess, happy ending, enchanted forest, talking animals
- folklorefairy tales, fairytales, folktales, folk tales, folk tale
- Fairy Tale Creaturesfairy, witch, wizard, giant, dwarf
- fairy tale elementsfairies, pixies, sprites, elves, gnomes
wicked stepmotherloving mother
Affectionate female parent
protective mother · fairy godmother · devoted mother · good mother · adoptive mother
wicked stepmotherfairy godmother
Magical benefactor figure
good fairy · guardian angel · wise woman · Prince Charming · white witch
wicked, stepmother, step, mother, wickedly, wickedness, mothers, motherly, motherhood