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wedded

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verb

variants also wed
past tense of wed
1
as in espoused
to give in marriage the king wished to wed his favorite daughter to the bravest knight in the realm

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2
as in connected
to perform the ceremony of marriage for the priest usually weds six to eight couples a month

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3
as in remarried
to take a spouse she swore that she would never wed

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4
as in proposed
to take as a spouse a true romantic, he intends to wed her on Valentine's Day

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Recent Examples of wedded
Verb
Meryl Streep’s schedule presumably explains why Loretta, newly wedded to Martin Short’s Oliver, spends the first half of the latest Only Murders in the Building season off-screen. Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 9 Sep. 2025 Camus’ slim novel is wedded to Meursault’s point-of-view and he is framed as a man ultimately condemned by his failure to appropriately perform grief, with the wider social implications of his character left to the reader to unpack. Sophie Monks Kaufman, IndieWire, 2 Sep. 2025 For better or worse, the Giants are wedded to their position player core of Chapman, Rafael Devers, Willy Adames and Jung Hoo Lee. Andrew Baggarly, New York Times, 27 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for wedded
Adjective
  • The Limitation Both the tips deduction and a similar overtime deduction require that married taxpayers file a joint return in order to claim the deduction.
    Peter J Reilly, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
  • Several are married to fellow dancers or entertainers, and a few even found love through the show itself.
    Amanda Castro, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • In a 2022 study, researchers set out to explore how holding back one’s feelings affects psychological well-being and marital satisfaction.
    Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
  • That in itself wasn't the issue, but rather, their choice of marital name.
    Alyce Collins, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Sep. 2025

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“Wedded.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wedded. Accessed 19 Sep. 2025.

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