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Bereft

Bereft Meaning & Definition
Bereft Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Bereft?

[adj] sorrowful through loss or deprivation; "bereft of hope"
[adj] unhappy in love; suffering from unrequited love

Synonyms | Synonyms for Bereft: bereaved | grief-stricken | grieving | lovelorn | mourning(a) | sorrowful | sorrowing(a) | unbeloved | unloved

Related Terms | Find terms related to Bereft: bankrupt in | bare of | beggared | beggarly | bereaved | bereaved of | bereft of | cut off | denuded | denuded of | deprived | deprived of | destitute of | devoid of | disadvantaged | divested | empty of | fatherless | fleeced | for want of | forlorn of | ghettoized | impoverished | in default of | in need | in rags | in want | in want of | indigent | lacking | mendicant | minus | missing | motherless | necessitous | needing | needy | on relief | orphan | orphaned | out at elbows | out of | out of pocket | parentless | parted from | pauperized | poverty-stricken | robbed of | scant of | shorn of | short | short of | shy | shy of | starveling | stripped | stripped of | unblessed with | underprivileged | unpossessed of | void of | wanting | widowed

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Bereft In Webster's Dictionary

\Be*reft"\, imp. & p. p. of Bereave.

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