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widowed

American  
[wid-ohd] / ˈwɪd oʊd /

adjective

  1. having lost one’s spouse to death.

    The author has created a believably deluded narrator, a popular high school senior who plays football and lives with his widowed father.

noun

  1. Usually the widowed a person or persons who have lost a spouse to death.

    How do we offer strength and support to the aging, the widowed, the displaced, and others whose lives have been disrupted?

verb

  1. the simple past tense and past participle of widow.

Other Word Forms

  • unwidowed adjective

Etymology

Origin of widowed

widow ( def. ) + -ed 3 ( def. )

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