If you know someone whose husband or wife has died, you can describe that person as widowed. A man whose spouse has died is typically called a widower, while a woman is a widow. Both men and women can be described with the adjective widowed if their partners are no longer alive.

What does widowed mean?

1a : a woman who has lost her spouse or partner by death and usually has not remarried. b : grass widow sense 2.

What is the difference between widowed and single?

As adjectives the difference between widowed and single is that widowed is (of a previously married person) whose spouse has died; who has become a widow or widower while single is not accompanied by anything else; one in number.