widowed

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adjective

Whose spouse has died or is gone missing; who has become a widow or widower.

Similar
unmarriedsingle
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Meanings

adjectivewidowed (not comparable)
  1. not comparableWhose 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.

    1959, Don McLean, American Pie (song)
verb
  1. participlepastsimple past and past participle of widow

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectivesingle because of death of the spouse

Similar
unmarriedsingle
Also see
singleunmarried

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Ancient Greek χήρειος
  • χήρειος (khḗreios)(of a previously married person) whose spouse has died
Basque alargun
  • alargun(of a previously married person) whose spouse has died
Catalan vidu, viudo
  • vidu(of a previously married person) whose spouse has died
  • viudo(of a previously married person) whose spouse has died
Chinese Mandarin 寡居的, 喪妻的 /丧妻的
  • 寡居的 (guǎjū de)(of a previously married person) whose spouse has died
  • 喪妻的 /丧妻的 (sàngqī de)(of a previously married person) whose spouse has died
Czech ovdovělý
  • ovdovělý(of a previously married person) whose spouse has died
Finnish leskeksi jäänyt, leski-
  • leskeksi jäänyt(of a previously married person) whose spouse has died
  • leski-(of a previously married person) whose spouse has died
French veuf, veuve
  • veuf(of a previously married person) whose spouse has died
  • veuve(of a previously married person) whose spouse has died
German verwitwet
  • verwitwet(of a previously married person) whose spouse has died
Hungarian megözvegyült
  • megözvegyült(of a previously married person) whose spouse has died
Italian vedovo
  • vedovo(of a previously married person) whose spouse has died
Māori pūtao
  • pūtao(of a previously married person) whose spouse has died
Portuguese viúvo, enviuvado
  • viúvo(of a previously married person) whose spouse has died
  • enviuvado(of a previously married person) whose spouse has died
Romanian văduv
  • văduv(of a previously married person) whose spouse has died
Slovak ovdovený
  • ovdovený(of a previously married person) whose spouse has died
Spanish viudo
  • viudo(of a previously married person) whose spouse has died
Turkish dul
  • dul(of a previously married person) whose spouse has died
Welsh gweddw
  • gweddw(of a previously married person) whose spouse has died
Cite this entry
APA

widowed. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/widowed

MLA

“widowed.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/widowed. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “widowed,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/widowed.

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