young widow
Husband died young
A young widow is a woman whose spouse has died while she was still relatively young—typically under forty or fifty.
The phrase carries connotations of tragedy and interrupted life, suggesting someone thrust into grief and single life before expected: She became a young widow at thirty-two.
In older literature and social contexts, young widows were often viewed as objects of sympathy, suspicion, or romantic interest.
- bereavedDeprived by death
- griefIntense sorrow from loss
- grief counselingProfessional support through mourning
- mourningPeriod following loss
- black veilDark face covering for grief
veil · black · loss · alone · weeds · inheritance · estate · remarriage · second marriage · starting over · lonely · single mother · tragic · children · sorrow · tears · funeral · merry
- mournersmourner, griever, mourners, grieving parent, grievers
- singlessingle, bachelor, bachelorette, unmarried, unwed
young widownewlywed
Recently married person
young bride · married woman · divorcee · spinster · single woman
young, younger, youngest, youngster, youngsters, youth, youthful, youthfully, youthfulness