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

The American caregiving system is failing because it was never designed for a society of aging singles, widowed elders, adult children living states away and a shrinking labor pool.

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Fan delivered what some critics hailed as a breakthrough performance with her portrayal of a widowed farmer and ritual healer in "Mother Bhumi", a far cry from her usual glamorous roles.

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Melugin has been reluctant to leave Los Angeles as he is close to his widowed mother Audrey, who lives in Orange County.

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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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Related Words

• only 
• unattended