When a woman is mysterious and solitary, at least in terms of a husband. The town community will probably shun her, calling her a witch. In a fantasy story it might be true as she is a Wicked Witch who wanted to get rid of her husband so she cast a spell to help things get going or perhaps there is a curse on her family that makes it so they lose men. If the story is not one of fantasy, the witch [...] [tvtropes.org]