widowed

[wid-ohd]

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of widowed¹

widow ( def. ) + -ed ³ ( def. )

Example Sentences

As a widowed father, the clutter built up as Craig focused on raising the girls as a single parent.

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A father who was left widowed with seven young children has said sharing his story of "brokenness and grief" after losing his wife is helping others.

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Reid is widowed and despite a distinguished career as an astronaut, he considers his time as an only parent as his "greatest challenge and the most rewarding phase" of his life.

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She too is ready to be released, but her husband will not take her back, and her widowed mother cannot support her either.

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Twice divorced and twice widowed, Naidorf was married four times, and overcame cancer twice.

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Related Words

• only 
• unattended