widowed

adjective/ˈwɪdoʊd/

Frequency rank: #11,240 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)

Meaning

having lost one's spouse through death and not remarried.

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Example sentence

She has been widowed for ten years and still misses her husband every day.

Synonyms & related words

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