Widowed Definition

adjective

(of a previously married person) Whose spouse has died; who has become a widow or widower.

"I can't remember if I cried when I read about his widowed bride" (from the song "American Pie" by Don McLean (1959))
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verb

Simple past tense and past participle of widow.

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Widowed Sentence Examples

  • Cynthia's widowed mother was a librarian in a small Indiana town.

  • Soon after, she became widowed after losing her husband suddenly.

  • Alford's early years were passed with his widowed father, who was curate of Steeple Ashton in Wiltshire.

  • By contrast, the widowed countess Isabel lacked her late husband's political clout.

  • It is Diamond Jubilee Year, and the Duchess of Albany, Queen Victoria's widowed daughter-in-law, is to perform the opening ceremony.

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Words Starting With W and Ending With D

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