widowed

English

Adjective

widowed (not comparable)

  1. (of a previously married person) Whose spouse has died or is gone missing; who has become a widow or widower.
    • 1959, Don McLean, American Pie (song):
      I can't remember if I cried when I read about his widowed bride.

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Verb

widowed

  1. simple past and past participle of widow
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