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.

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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. )

Example Sentences

If there are dependent children, the widowed partner might qualify as a “qualifying surviving spouse” for up to two years following the year of death.

From The Wall Street Journal

He also worked in a hotel in Sousse and went on to marry an English tourist, a widowed hairdresser on holiday with her two young children.

From BBC

Andrew, who returned to work two months after he was widowed, says he only now fully appreciates his "male privilege" and everything that "amazing mother" Zoë did to support him and their boys.

From BBC

Mary was widowed by the age of 18 and returned to Scotland to rule as queen at a time when her Catholicism was viewed with suspicion.

From BBC

If you are only widowed one year before dying yourself, the higher rate from the widow’s penalty may not persist.

From MarketWatch

Related Words

• only
• unattended