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    bereft
    /bɪˈrɛft/

    adjective

    • 1. deprived of or lacking (something): "her room was stark and bereft of colour"
    • 2. (of a person) sad and lonely, especially through someone's death or departure: "his death in 1990 left her bereft"

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  2. Bereft means not having something or feeling great loss, such as hope, money, or companionship. Learn how to use this formal adjective in sentences and find related words and phrases in the Cambridge Dictionary.

  3. Bereft means deprived or robbed of something, often used with of, or lacking something needed or wanted. It can also mean suffering the death of a loved one. See synonyms, examples, word history, and related phrases.

  4. having to do without something or someone and suffering from the loss:

  5. Bereft definition: a simple past tense and past participle of bereave. . See examples of BEREFT used in a sentence.

  6. Bereft means deprived, parted, or robbed of something, especially hope or happiness. It is often used in the phrase bereft of, followed by a noun. See the word frequency, origin, and usage examples of bereft in British and American English.

  7. Bereft means deprived or lacking something, especially a loved one. Find the origin, usage, and examples of bereft and its synonyms in this online dictionary.

  8. You've gone beyond just plain grief-stricken — you're bereft. The way in which bereft differs just from plain mournful or grief-stricken is in its sense of deprivation or lack. It can be used that way too, for example when you're bereft of words.