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widowed

[ wid-ohd ]
/ ˈwɪd oʊd /
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adjective
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
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
the simple past tense and past participle of widow.
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Origin of widowed

OTHER WORDS FROM widowed

un·wid·owed, adjective
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