Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. Engaged to be married.
- n. A person to whom one is engaged to be married.
Wiktionary
WordNet 3.0
- adj. pledged to be married
- n. the person to whom you are engaged
Examples
“And these are actually all factors that are - the good news for Will, you can tell this to your soon-to-be betrothed, is these are all factors that predict you're much less likely to get divorced as well.”
“Again, the word betrothed points legitimately to a marriage which is always justly expected to follow if both parties are faithful to the engagement.”
“Her first betrothed is still in blood with her family, and both are in blood with her husband's family.”
“You could leave her whom you called your betrothed, but who never was betrothed to anyone but me with her own will, to starve in the veld, mynheer.”
“Seyganko did not have it in him to call his betrothed's father a liar, as Dobanpu did not have it in him to lie.”
“In a moment, he guessed that the tall, handsome man beside his betrothed was his rival.”
“No kingdom awaited her, for her betrothed was a landless exile; but the fame of his valor and wisdom had gone throughout the earth -- and in the future husband of his daughter he now presented to them one whom he was proud to claim as a son -- Arthur, Prince of Britain, the renowned Champion of Christendom!”
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“In the kisses and the hand-touch of the betrothed are a zest and exhilaration which stir the blood like wine.”
“They won't hang you," she rejoined with a laugh; "my betrothed is a lieutenant-general.”
“Anxious to get all the advantages of Consuelo's friendship, and to be known as her betrothed, so that he could procure an engagement in the opera through her generous influence, he yet made love to another singer, a former favourite of”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘betrothed’.
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RELI - words with Biblical connotations
Words in the Bible evoking biblical stories or with special spiritual meaning. Proper names have been reduced to the minimum.
ark, judgement, holy, saint, baptism, spirit, love, eternal, altar, balsam, covenant, flood and 1115 more...
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RELI - words you immediately associat...
almighty, altar, anoint, apostle, archangel, Balaam, baptism, advent, ark, baptist, baptize, begotten and 341 more...
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incandescent
these I like very much
effervescent, snuggly, wicked, betrothed, bounce, shameful, finicky, clandestine, pontificate, luscious, lascivious, loquacious and 25 more...
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Hearticulating
All sorts of names or terms for romantic partners: vague, clinical, physical, sleazy, cheesy, co-dependent, demeaning, sarcastic, or the dutifully committed. This is to provide a wide-range of le...
couple, partner, lover, sweetheart, significant other, confidant, consort, mate, better half, paramour, accomplice, counterpart and 52 more...
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The Wonderer
For better writing.
emulate, intangible, comprehensible, detest, feasible, ominous, tarnished, betrothed, eccentric, folley, interloper, jaded and 1 more...
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Verecund, flivver, etc
Just some words I happen to enjoy. Some thread-worn, some not.
yegg, yob, verecund, amatory, fermata, threepenny, gruntled, flivver, gamboge, decolletage, ordure, nudnik and 173 more...
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zanshin's Words
gargoyle, ennui, paradigm, aardvark, verisimilitude, ghoti, tenacity, nescience, guillemet, squonk, maven, moxie and 210 more...
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stpeter's Words
abase, abasement, abashed, abdicate, aberrant, abeyance, abhor, abhorrent, abide, abject, ablation, abnegation and 3536 more...
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♡LOVE and things like it♡
dedicated to my man Steven, without whom i would be addicted to drugs, lying in a gutter, hating myself, or hooking somewhere :)
affectionate, amative, amatory, amiable, ammophilous, amorous, ardent, attached to, attracted to, beloved, bewitching, bitten and 404 more...
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Words Covered in Faery Dust (B)
words that evoke magic, mystery, mayhem, magnificence or anything else that glimmers in the grass
balcony, bailey, baguette, bairn, balalaika, baldric, balefire, baby's breath, ballet, balm of gilead, balsam, baluster and 188 more...
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Nanny McPhee (2005)
Words from a 2005 'Nanny McPhee' film
to be off to, spud, blighter, pustule, tyke, mewl, blimey, rattle, daft, christening, measles, austere and 35 more...
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Burning Love: A Novel
smolder, tantalizing, sexy, lust, sinewy, tempestuous, erotic, sensuous, naughty, love, crave, consort and 46 more...
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BE
Words that begi with the begin with the prefix "Be-"
betrothed, beloved, bequeath, bequest, benign, belittle, begat, bereft, beguiled, bereaved, betrayed
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Basilica's Words
palimpsestuous, teleological, betrothed, vivisection, mellifluous, gadabout, punitive, asinine, lithe, sanguine, blowsy, adumbrate and 14 more...
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Her Majesty
tain, palanquin, infanta, bagman, canasta, arabesque, parapet, maidenhead, bosun, gunwale, quay, ply and 27 more...
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our favorite words
(self-explanitory)
facade, insipient, betrothed, acromonious, ascend, crescendo, gondola, equate, charismatic, gusto, allegro, unadulterated and 16 more...
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