bereft
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bereft
- /bəˈɹɛft/
Rhymes with -ɛft
Where it comes from
From Middle English bireft, v. Middle English bireven. Synchronically a form of bereaved; compare leave and left.
verb
- simple past and past participle of bereave bereft of strength
adjective
- Pained by the loss of someone. I was utterly bereft in the months following my wife's death.
- Deprived of, stripped of, robbed of. And there I strove, and there I clove through the drift of icy streams; / And there I fought, and there I sought for the pay-streak of my dreams. // So twenty years, with their hopes and fears and smiles and tears and such, / Went by and left me long bereft of hope of the Midas touch; […]
- Lacking, devoid of.
Translations
Every language
adj deprived of
| Português | destituído, privado |
|---|---|
| Français | privé de |
| Deutsch | beraubt, verlassen |
| Italiano | deprivato, orbato |
| Русский | утративший utrativšij, лишённый lišónnyj, ограбленный ograblennyj |
adj pained by the loss of someone
| Deutsch | hinterblieben |
|---|---|
| Italiano | deprivato |
| Русский | утративший utrativšij, лишённый lišónnyj |
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