Meaning

3 senses
  1. (not comparable)Pained by the loss of someone.

    I was utterly bereft in the months following my wife's death.

    hinterblieben

    утратившийutrativšij, лишённыйlišónnyj

    sorrowful through loss or deprivation

  2. (not comparable)Deprived of, stripped of, robbed of.

  3. (not comparable)Lacking, devoid of.

    beraubt, verlassen

    утратившийutrativšij, лишённыйlišónnyj, ограбленныйograblennyj

Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
pained by the loss of someone:
deprived of:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
pained by the loss of someone:
deprived of:

Origin

From Middle English bireft, v. Middle English bireven. Synchronically a form of bereaved;

From Middle English bireft, v. Middle English bireven. Synchronically a form of bereaved; compare leave and left.

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Synonyms

9 synonyms
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Word family

2 related words

See also

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