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

The widowed farmer had, after all, witnessed the accidental death of his wife and child.

From The Wall Street Journal

I’m a 45-year-old woman and am staying with my widowed mother while I get work done on my home.

From MarketWatch

My widowed mother decided to remarry, and she chose a lovely man whose family has a history of remarkable longevity.

From MarketWatch

Mr. Underhill was a wealthy insurance executive who had first experimented with Spiritualism when he’d been widowed a few years back.

From Literature

Tracy Morgan stars in Paramount+’s multicam sitcom, a spin-off of CBS’ ‘The Neighborhood,’ and plays a widowed father whose empty nest is disrupted by his adult children’s return.

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• only
• unattended