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单词 bereft
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bereftadjective [ after verb ]

uk/bɪˈreft/us/bɪˈreft/formal

not having something or feeling great loss:

Alone now and almost penniless, he was bereft of hope.
After the last of their children had left home the couple felt utterly bereft.

Thesaurus: synonyms and related words

Lacking things

  • bankrupt
  • bankruptcy
  • be hard up (for sth) idiom
  • catch
  • cry out for sth
  • cupboard
  • demand
  • hole
  • lacking
  • need
  • need sth like you need a hole in the head idiom
  • needful
  • needy
  • short
  • take
  • the cupboard is bare idiom
  • the UN
  • unsatisfied
  • vacuum
  • want

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Feeling sad and unhappy

bereftadjective

us/bɪˈreft/

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

I do hope he won't leave us utterly bereft of his wit and wisdom.
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