widowed

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widowed

adjective

  1. not comparable, of a previously married person Whose spouse has died or is gone missing; who has become a widow or widower. I can't remember if I cried when I read about his widowed bride.

verb

  1. participle, past simple past and past participle of widow

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: single, unmarried, widower, allocations, veuve, wives, widowly, widowered, bereaved, bereft, unpartnered, solitary, unattached, relict, husbandless, wifeless

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adj (of a previously married person) whose spouse has died

Españolviudo
中文寡居的 guǎjū de, 喪妻的 /丧妻的 sàngqī de
Portuguêsviúvo, enviuvado
Françaisveuf, veuve
Deutschverwitwet
Italianovedovo
Românăvăduv

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@misc{widowed_2026,
  title = {widowed},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/widowed},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}