wedded

[ wed-id ]

adjective

1. united in matrimony; married:

   the wedded couple; a wedded woman.

2. of or relating to marriage or to those married:

   the wedded state; wedded happiness.

3. attached or dedicated, especially obstinately or unshakably:

   a fearless person wedded to a just cause.

4. associated or bound together inseparably:

   form and substance wedded in harmony.

wedded

/ ˈwɛdɪd /

adjective

1. of marriage

   wedded bliss

2. firmly in support of an idea or institution

   wedded to the virtues of capitalism

Other Words From

• un·wedded adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of wedded¹

before 900; Middle English; Old English geweddode. See wed, -ed ²

Example Sentences

Even still, Poroshenko seems wedded to a political settlement.

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Whole Foods remains wedded to the trendy American consumer—one faced with lots of choices.

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Of course, this newly wedded bliss is doomed from the start.

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Sandoval is more committed to overall fiscal responsibility than wedded to ideology at any cost.

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And while they may have an ideological slant, they are not wedded to it.

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After ten years of wedded life she died before her parents, having made great inroads upon Gedeon Brunner's property.

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And, just below, is a brief mention of Hippolyta, who had been wedded to Theseus.

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In the early years of his wedded life he killed in a duel —though unknown to his wife—a man who had vilified Mme. Desmarets.

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He counseled her to seek in literature relief from the bitterness of her wedded life.

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He took her out walking, and laid all his radiant plans of wedded life before her.

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