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Adjectives commonly used to describe "spouse" — vivid descriptors for richer, more specific prose.
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Recently made, or created.
No longer alive; dead.
(n)
The time ahead; those moments yet to be experienced.
Number-two; following after the first one with nothing between them. The ordinal number corresponding to the cardinal number two.
Someone who is loved; something that is loved.
Relying upon; depending upon.
Free from guilt, sin, or immorality.
(of a marriage) Legally dissolved.
Loyal; adhering firmly to person or cause.
A currently unrealized ability (with the most common adposition being to).
Likely or expected to happen or become.
(usually not comparable) No longer living; deceased. (Also used as a noun.)
Existing or occurring at the moment.
Loved; lovable.
(law) Conforming to, or recognised by the laws of society.
Of or pertaining to a god.
Of or relating to a monarch or his (or her) family.
Being physically or emotionally injurious; characterized by repeated violence or other abuse.
Belonging to the sex which typically produces sperm, or to the gender which is typically associated with it.
Relating to the law or to lawyers.
Not employed; employed in unpaid labor, such as homemaking and childcare.
Not keeping good faith; disloyal; not faithful.
(of a statement) Conforming to the actual state of reality or fact; factually correct.
(figurative) Strongly or sublimely beautiful or pleasurable.
Providing support.
Planned.
Suffering from an injury
Indicative of unkind or malevolent intentions; harsh, cruel.
Enjoying good health; free from disease or disorder.
Belonging to the sex which typically produces eggs (ova), or to the gender which is typically associated with it.
Unblemished (figuratively or literally); clean and pure; innocent.
(not comparable) Being away from a place; withdrawn from a place; existing but not present; (sometimes) missing.
(law) Judged to have committed a crime.
A person who is addicted to alcohol.
Someone who receives a gift from a donor.
Having sufficient or the required properties for a certain purpose or task; appropriate to a certain occasion.
(not comparable) Prior; occurring before something else, either in time or order.
Having been a victim of some form of abuse, most commonly child abuse or domestic violence.
In accordance with the law or established legal forms and requirements.
(adv)
(manner) Accurately, competently, satisfactorily.
Responsible; to be blamed.
Having worth, merit, or value.
Sexually pure, abstaining from immoral or unlawful sexual intercourse.
old; having lived for relatively many years.
Optimal; being the best possibility.
That does not believe; incredulous, skeptical.
Having a disability.
Unfaithful (said of people, towards their partners)
having suffered the death of a loved one
Of, or characterized by adultery.
Having been established as an institution.
Beaten up through a lot of use; in rough condition; weathered.
One who receives.
A citizen or national of another sovereign state.
Dedicated to a religious purpose or a god.
Having honorable qualities; having moral eminence and freedom from anything petty, mean or dubious in conduct and character.
(less common in the UK and Ireland) In poor health; ill.
hurt or upset
Without fault or mistake; without flaw, of supreme quality.
Envious; feeling resentful or angered toward someone for a perceived advantage or success, material or otherwise.
(v)
(transitive) To die sooner than.
In a job; working.
One who is not an employee.
(law, chiefly US) A dead person.
One who makes a donation.
(transitive) To gain (success, reward, recognition) through applied effort or work.
Awe-inspiring, majestic, noble, venerable.
Strongly emotionally attached; very fond of someone or something.
Commonly believed or deemed to be the case; generally assumed.
Displaying or feeling anger.
(of a previously married person) Whose spouse has died or is gone missing; who has become a widow or widower.
Friendly; kind; sweet; gracious
Allowed to and meeting the necessary conditions required to participate in or be chosen for something
one to whom money is paid.
Unhappy; despondent.
(of a place) Abandoned, without people.
One who is younger than another.
Tasting of sugars.
Containing no more than trace amounts of alcohol.
Angry or resentful due to unjust treatment.