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widowed

[ wid-ohd ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

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.

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?

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Origin of widowed¹

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Aldous Huxley, recently widowed and struggling with his grief, came to stay with Matthew and Ellen.

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"I don't know anyone else my age that is married... never mind married and widowed."

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Throughout the trip, he was deeply moved by the sufferings he witnessed in Gaza and focused on providing aid to the widowed and elderly, he added.

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I was widowed at 76, but I’m truly at my best when I’m coupled.

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It came from that concept that there are many single mothers who are widowed or might not have the resources to support themselves.

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