widowed
Lost one's partner
Widowed describes someone whose spouse has died and who hasn't remarried.
The term applies to both sexes, though widow and widower specify: She was widowed at thirty-five.
Widowed can also modify the noun: a widowed father raising three children.
The state implies both loss and a change in social status.
Period following loss
- bereavementState following loss
- sorrowDeep emotional distress
- heartacheDeep emotional distress
- anguishIntense mental suffering
loss · emptiness · yearning · loneliness · grieving · despair · melancholy · desolation
Property and grounds
- inheritanceProperty received from ancestors
- probateWill validation proceedings
- pensionRetiree's ongoing benefit
- benefitsGains or helpful effects
executor · insurance · finances · survivor · testament · bequest · paperwork · accounts
Remaining alive or intact
- singleOne in number
- unmarriedNot legally wed
- unpartneredLacking a romantic companion
- aloneWithout others present
Service honoring the dead
- memorialThing preserving remembrance
- wakePath left in water
- condolencesExpressions of grief support
- obituaryNotice of someone's passing
eulogy · shiva · burial · cremation · vigil · remembrance · anniversary · tribute
Constructing anew after destruction
- recoveryRegaining what was lost
- adaptationFitting to new conditions
- independenceFreedom from external control
- perseveranceSustained resolve despite obstacles
strength · courage · reinvention · healing · self-sufficiency · transformation · renewal · hope
mourning
Period following loss
- bereavementState following loss
- sorrowDeep emotional distress
- heartacheDeep emotional distress
anguish · loss · emptiness · yearning · loneliness · grieving · despair · melancholy · desolation · pining
estate
Property and grounds
- inheritanceProperty received from ancestors
- probateWill validation proceedings
- pensionRetiree's ongoing benefit
benefits · executor · insurance · finances · survivor · testament · bequest · paperwork · accounts · will
surviving
Remaining alive or intact
- singleOne in number
- unmarriedNot legally wed
- unpartneredLacking a romantic companion
funeral
Service honoring the dead
- memorialThing preserving remembrance
- wakePath left in water
- condolencesExpressions of grief support
obituary · eulogy · shiva · burial · cremation · vigil · remembrance · anniversary · tribute · grave
rebuilding
Constructing anew after destruction
- recoveryRegaining what was lost
- adaptationFitting to new conditions
- independenceFreedom from external control
perseverance · strength · courage · reinvention · healing · self-sufficiency · transformation · renewal · hope · fortitude
- relationship statussingle, married, divorced, engaged, separated
- legal statusesmarried, single, divorced, citizen, adult
- personalspersonal ads, personals, SWM, classified ads, dating profile
- singlessingle, bachelor, bachelorette, unmarried, unwed
- residentsresident, residents, inhabitants, inhabitant, local
- relationshipsfriends, romantic, family, friend, flirting
widowedmarried
Joined in matrimony
partnered · coupled · happily married · newly wed · accompanied
- 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