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Bereft

verb
/bəˈɹɛft/
Word Frequency: 0.9

Definitions

1.verbTo deprive by or as if by violence; to rob; to strip; to benim.
2.verbTo take away by destroying, impairing, or spoiling; take away by violence.
3.verbTo deprive of power; prevent.
4.verbTo take away someone or something that is important or close; deprive.
"Death bereaved him of his wife."
5.verbTo destroy life; cut off.
6.adjective(of a person) Pained by the loss of someone.
7.adjectiveDeprived of, lacking, stripped of, robbed of.

Synonyms

grief-strickensorrowingsorrowfulgrievingmourninglovelornunbelovedunloveddistraughtdesperatedespairinglorn

Rhymes With

cleftleftdefttheftheftgill clefteffedantitheft
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