bereft
19
7.5
- adjective
- /bɪˈrɛft/
- Literature
:
desolado
- After losing her closest friend, she felt utterly bereft and alone.
- spiritually bereft
- completely bereft
- increasingly bereft
Even more alarming, goodness is itself bereft of its proper beauty.
- Even more alarming, goodness is itself bereft of its proper beauty.
- It's a really empty, bereft, and awful way to go through life.
- And yet our educational system is bereft of any of that type of education.
- All of this toxicity, it leaves us sad, hopeless, bereft, wondering what happens.
- Those are not bereft of meaning altogether.
- And so so we were left bereft.
- She was there to pick her up and, and everybody in the clinic was completely bereft, like they closed the clinic doors.
- Do I don't and I think now in terms of the educational system as it stands now in terms of public schools is bereft of that opportunity.
- This naked man pinned to a cross bereft of any of the goods of the world and he's rightly declared to be the king.
- Even if I were close to the finish, even if I were at my final breath, I would be here to take a stand bereft of such astonishments.
- And any sort of being bereft of it or it being removed or it being destroyed is somehow against you yourself.
Examples
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Bereft at the loss of her father.
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Like war, it left us hollow-eyed and empty, bereft of spirit.
Fiction book (2001) -
Life is too short to learn very much all by ourselves, bereft of learning from the experience of others.
Academic text (2001) -
And yet our educational system is bereft of any of that type of education.
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This poor woman is bereft, and all you can think about is some silly girl.
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It's a really empty, bereft, and awful way to go through life.
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The concept of being bereft of family sent a chill through her.
Fiction book (1995) -
But finally she dies, and he is utterly bereft.
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As the Apaches told it, Cochise was a man lost and bereft, full of sorrow.
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Ten interminable minutes pass before he can descend, pale and tearful and bereft of his illusions of valor.
Academic text (1994)
Synonyms
777
1.0
Feeling sad because you are alone and miss other people
67
3.2
Feeling very sad because of a loss or disappointment
24
3.9
A feeling of sadness because you are alone
18
7.7
Feeling very sad and without hope about the future
15
3.4
Not cared for or shown affection
12
6.7
Very sad and shocked after losing someone close
11
6.7
Feeling very unhappy and alone after a loss
10
7.2
Very sad and not able to be comforted
10
7.4
Sad because someone they loved died
9
4.6
Feeling unhappy and unable to think about someone, especially when they do not love you back
7
3.7
Feeling very sad because of a loss or disappointment
5
4.5
Feeling very sad and not hopeful
5
7.5
Sad and disappointed because what you hoped for did not happen
3
7.9
Feeling sad because someone you love does not love you back
2
8.2
Very sad and not able to be comforted
Feeling very sad after someone you love dies
Not loved or cared for by others
Antonyms
How Sad
Surface Forms
Etymology
Bereft comes from the old verb bereave, which meant 'to rob' or 'take away'. That's why to be bereft is to feel sad or empty because something or someone important has been taken from you.