English language

How to pronounce widowhood in English?

Toggle Transcript
Type Words
Type of marital status
Derivation widow
Type Words
Type of time of life
Derivation widow

Examples of widowhood

widowhood
Anderson is not the only man of the cloth to wish widowhood upon Michelle Obama.
From the washingtonpost.com
It is a state of affairs as old as Hinduism's traditional disdain for widowhood.
From the economist.com
For widowhood, the state also is below the 7.8 per 1,000 national average at 7.5.
From the timesunion.com
A female-led household may occur as a result of divorce, widowhood or no marriage.
From the timesunion.com
Yes, some come to regret signing on to young widowhood and even younger caretaking.
From the timesunion.com
That's true, but just barely, and it also has something to do with widowhood.
From the time.com
When a person loses their spouse or partner we refer to this as widowhood.
From the blogs.psychcentral.com
If it was, the true picture of widowhood might emerge and compel attention.
From the guardian.co.uk
Yes, some come to regret signing on to young caretaking and widowhood.
From the freep.com
More examples
  • The time of a woman's life when she is a widow
  • The state of being a widow who has not remarried
  • A widow is a woman whose spouse has died, while a man whose spouse has died is a widower. The state of having lost one's spouse to death is termed widowhood or occasionally viduity. The adjective form is widowed. ...
  • (Widows (TV series)) Widows was a British primetime television serial aired in 1983, produced by Euston Films for Thames Television and aired on the ITV network.
  • (Widows) A text formatting term: The last line of a paragraph is called a widow when it is forced onto a new page by a page break and is separated from the rest of the paragraph. See also Orphans.
  • (Widows) To be treated with kindness (Exo 22:22; Deu 14:29; Deu 16:11, Deu 16:14; Deu 24:17, Deu 24:19; Deu 26:12; Deu 27:19, etc.). In the New Testament the same tender regard for them is inculcated (Act 6:1; Ti1 5:3) and exhibited.
  • The third (fourth, etc.) husband of a widow, or wife of a widower, will die soon after the marriage (Wilna).
  • Is defined as the status of an individual who was legally married to someone who subsequently died. Economically, the death of a spouse will result in loss of income and property that the deceased spouse received or owned, unless provision for their continuation and inheritance is made explicit ...