bereft
/bɪˈrɛft
/adjective
1 (bereft of) Deprived of or lacking (something): her room was stark and bereft of colour...
- Such is the current attack - one devoid of reason, bereft of honour and lacking in morality.
- Suddenly this community is bereft of sporting success and devoid of any heroes.
- We are now sanitized and correct, factual and precise, but tragically bereft of relationship.
Synonyms
deprived of, robbed of, stripped of, denuded of;
cut off from, parted from, devoid of, destitute of, bankrupt of;
wanting, in need of, lacking, without, free from;
low on, short of, deficient in
informal minus, sans, clean out of, fresh out of
2(Of a person) sad and lonely, especially through someone’s death or departure: his death in 1990 left her bereft...
- Of all the bereft women presented in this section, the servant-girl struck me as the most crushed.
- I love having my dogs around, but now I'm totally bereft.
- Widows, bereft parents, and odd widower - you could always count on seeing a few of them sitting by a grave.
Origin
Late 16th century: archaic past participle of bereave.
Rhymes
- as long as one's (or someone's) arm
- aslope
- a slow burn
- as luck would have it
- ASM
- a smack in the face (or eye)
- (as) mad as a box of frogs
- (as) mad as a gum tree full of galahs
- (as) mad as a hatter
- (as) mad as a March hare
- (as) mad as a meat axe
- a small fortune
- as many
- Asmara
- Asmera
- (as) merry (or lively) as a grig
- as much
- (as) much as
- Asn
- as near as
- as near as dammit (or damn it)
- as near as damn it
- (as) nice (or sweet) as pie
- a snowball's chance (in hell)
- (as) nutty as a fruitcake