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widowish

widowish adjective: characteristic of a widow.

Adjective

widowish (comparative more widowish, superlative most widowish)

  1. Characteristic of a widow.
    • It was straight-cut, almost of a widowish severity, but on a young lady it appeared sophisticated rather than austere.2010, Joan Smith, Lady Hathaway's House Party
    Synonyms:
    widowlike, widowy

Synonyms of widowish

Forms of widowish

comparativemore widowish
superlativemost widowish

Origin of widowish

From widow + -ish.

Questions about widowish

What does widowish mean?
Widowish means characteristic of a widow.
What part of speech is widowish?
Widowish is an adjective.

Words near widowish in the dictionary

  1. widowfinches
  2. widowhead
  3. widowhood
  4. widowhoods
  5. widowing
  6. widowish
  7. widowity
  8. widowlike
  9. widowly
  10. widowmaker
  11. widowmakers

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