Meaning

1 senses
  1. (idiomatic)Something which has both significant positive and negative aspects.

Origin

From cruel + mistress

From cruel + mistress

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Forms

plural: cruel mistresses
Singularcruel mistress
Pluralcruel mistresses

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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