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widow

/ˈwɪd.oʊ/noun, verb2 syllables

Widow means: a woman whose husband is dead especially one who has not remarried.

Synonyms for widow4

noun, as in a woman whose husband is dead especially one who has not remarried

widow woman

also used for widow

kitty, widowess, widower

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What does widow mean?2

noun

1

a woman whose husband is dead especially one who has not remarried

verb

1

cause to be without a spouse“The war widowed many women in the former Yugoslavia”

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Widow in a sentence

  • I'm not scared of spiders, unless it's a black widow.Lumi
  • To tell the truth, the widow suffered from stomach cancer.unknown
  • She's a widow and a pensioner, and faces many hardships.unknown
  • At the funeral, the widow was overwrought with grief.mccarras
  • The beautiful widow stood by the coffin, her eyes veiled with tears.Eldad
  • Her husband died, and she is a widow now.Ergulis
  • Like many widows, she had the crazy idea to remarry.Lebensfreude
  • She's a recent widow and she's still depressed about that.Amastan

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Forms of widow

as a noun

plural
widows

as a verb

third-person singular
widows
present participle
widowing
past participle
widowed
past tense
widowed