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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(colloquial, humorous) A very unpleasant mother-in-law (spouse's mother)..
So when we belatedly celebrated Caspar's third anniversary the following weekend, I was notably frosty towards her. But this is not a typical tale of monster-in-law woes.
Use monster-in-law when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Monster-in-law means (colloquial, humorous) A very unpleasant mother-in-law (spouse's mother)..
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
So when we belatedly celebrated Caspar's third anniversary the following weekend, I was notably frosty towards her. But this is not a typical tale of monster-in-law woes.
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