widow
Bereaved married woman
A widow is a woman whose spouse has died and who has not remarried.
The term carries connotations of loss and solitude: She was widowed young.
In typesetting, a widow is a short line—often a single word—stranded at the top of a page or column, considered poor form.
To widow someone is to make them a widow: The war widowed thousands.
Intense sorrow from loss
- mourningPeriod following loss
- lossBeing without something
- sorrowDeep emotional distress
- bereavedDeprived by death
heartache · funeral · condolences · sympathy · memorial · eulogy · grieving · healing
Darkest possible hue
- weedsUnwanted wild plants
- crepeThin, flexible pancake
- laceOpen-weave ornamental fabric
- mantillaLace veil for head
covering · traditional · Victorian · shroud · headpiece · attire · dress · garb
Property received from ancestors
- estateProperty and grounds
- probateWill validation proceedings
- willFaculty of deliberate choice
- pensionRetiree's ongoing benefit
benefits · dower · jointure · settlement · trust · executor · testament · intestate
Married man's role
- marriageFormal union between partners
- wifeFemale marriage partner
- partnerOne who shares activity
- wedlockState of being spouses
matrimony · relict · consort · companion · mate · union · vows · deceased
Child whose parents died
- lineContinuous mark or queue
- paragraphDistinct section of text
- columnVertical structural element
- layoutSpatial arrangement of elements
typesetting · break · text · page · heading · formatting · ragged · hanging
One in number
- suitorOne who seeks affection
- courtshipSeeking another's romantic favor
- datingPursuing romantic connections
- companionshipState of having company
match · stepfamily · loneliness · independence · proposal · eligible · prospect · introduction
grief
Intense sorrow from loss
bereaved · heartache · funeral · condolences · sympathy · memorial · eulogy · grieving · healing · coping
black
Darkest possible hue
mantilla · covering · traditional · Victorian · shroud · headpiece · attire · dress · garb
inheritance
Property received from ancestors
pension · benefits · dower · jointure · settlement · trust · executor · testament · intestate · survivor
husband
Married man's role
wedlock · matrimony · relict · consort · companion · mate · union · vows · deceased · late
orphan
Child whose parents died
layout · typesetting · break · text · page · heading · formatting · ragged · hanging · stranded
single
One in number
- suitorOne who seeks affection
- courtshipSeeking another's romantic favor
- datingPursuing romantic connections
companionship · match · stepfamily · loneliness · independence · proposal · eligible · prospect · introduction · society
venomous
Producing injected toxins
arachnid · redback · neurotoxin · cobweb · predatory · nocturnal · deadly
- peoplepeople, persons, person, individuals, humans
- family dramafamily bonds, sibling rivalry, family reunion, kinship, family secret
- femaleswoman, girl, lady, mother, daughter
- householdshousehold, nuclear family, residents, married couple, occupants
- kinmother, father, son, daughter, brother
- spouseshusband, wife, spouse, hubby, wifey
- black widowLethal spider species
- widow's peakV-shaped frontal hairline
- war widowSpouse of fallen soldier
- widow makerDangling branch that kills
- widows' peaksV-shaped frontal hairlines
- young widowWife whose spouse died
widowed, widower, widows, widowhood, widowing, widowers, widow's peak