WEDDED Synonyms: 30 Similar and Opposite Words

wedded 1 of 2

adjective

as in married

of or relating to marriage living in wedded bliss

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wedded

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verb

variants also wed

past tense of wed

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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as in mated

to perform the ceremony of marriage for the priest usually weds six to eight couples a month

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as in coupled

to take a spouse she swore that she would never wed

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as in proposed

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

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Her power of creation and transformation is not wedded to motherhood but her own intelligence and desires. — Angelica Jade Bastién, Vulture, 27 July 2026 In novels such as Thousand Cranes and The Master of Go, Yasunari Kawabata wedded stream-of-consciousness to classical forms of ritual and performance, modeling rapid Japanese westernization through stories that overlay the ancient and the modern. — Robert Rubsam, The Atlantic, 20 July 2026 Don’t feel wedded to chocolate chips and walnuts if those aren’t your favorites. — Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 July 2026 The second is a return to Sangiovese in its purest form, with estates not already wedded to international varieties retreating in favour of a more Tuscan identity. — Paul Caputo, Forbes.com, 23 June 2026 Hsueh said that gold prices became more firmly wedded to the outlook for Fed rate policy starting around the the middle of May, and less tied to the correlation to energy prices that had prevailed since the start of the Iran war. — Deena Zaidi, CNBC, 22 June 2026 That’s not because the drug didn’t work or was found to be unsafe, Sikiric said, but because the people at GSK were wedded to their own projects. — Sara Talpos — Undark, STAT, 1 June 2026 These are filmmakers who became wedded to the idea of going to hell and back. — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 22 May 2026 Braun told these hatchlings that they were too wedded to script, and needed to learn how to let sound tell the story. — Literary Hub, 20 May 2026

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On Monday, Hilton’s brother-in-law Tom, who is married to his youngest sister, shared an update on the blogger’s condition — and further details on the incident and his children’s situation — as a guest on The Perez Hilton Podcast With Chris Booker.

— Kevin Dolak, HollywoodReporter, 25 Aug. 2026
London, who was married to hip hop legend Nipsey Hussle, would come together with Snoop again to honor Nipsey after he was murdered in 2019.

— Justin Kroll, Deadline, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of married

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Spouses generally inherit a minimum portion of the estate (usually one-third or two-thirds), though the right can be waived in a valid premarital or post marital agreement.

— Bob Carlson, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2026
Their new Netflix true crime docuseries, Death of the Pastor’s Wife, tells a marital horror story ending with the 30-year-old woman’s death.

— Savannah Walsh, Vanity Fair, 27 Aug. 2026

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