Meaning & use
widowed
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Having lost a spouse through death and not having remarried.
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Her widowed mother moved in with the family after her father passed away.
He has been widowed for nearly a decade.
A note on using this word
Used specifically after the death of a spouse; someone who has divorced, rather than lost a spouse to death, is not described as 'widowed.'
Words with an opposite meaning
married
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