Learn English – What to call someone whose partner is dead

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Is there any particular word for a person whose partner (love) has passed away? Like he/she is keeping lonely now, crying or silent all the time because they miss their dead partner.

Best Answer

Bereaved

Dictionary.com: (of a person) greatly saddened at being deprived by death of a loved one

Merriam-Webster: suffering the death of a loved one

Cambridge: people who are sad because someone close to them has died

Oxford: be deprived of a loved one through a profound absence, especially due to the loved one’s death

"Just because we're bereaved doesn't make us saps!" - Walter, The Big Lebowski