WIDOWED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does widowed mean? 

• WIDOWED (adjective)
  The adjective WIDOWED has 1 sense:

1. single because of death of the spouse

  Familiarity information: WIDOWED used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• WIDOWED (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Single because of death of the spouse

Similar:

single; unmarried (not married or related to the unmarried state)

 Context examples 

I wouldn't tell anyone except you, Mother, but I really do need advice, for if John goes on much longer I might as well be widowed, replied Mrs. Brooke, drying her tears on Daisy's bib with an injured air.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)