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bereft

bereftpartizip perfekt

Functions as an adjective formed from the past participle of the verb “bereave”; regularly used predicatively (‘bereft of’).

Übersetzungen

After the crash the survivors were bereft of food and water.

После крушения выжившие были лишены еды и воды.

He looked utterly bereft when his dog ran away.

Он выглядел совершенно опустошённым, когда его пёс убежал.

Zusätzliche Übersetzungen

Definitionen

Deprived of or lacking something that is wanted, needed, or expected (usually followed by “of”).

After the crash the survivors were bereft of food and water.

Lonely and desolate; forlorn.

He looked utterly bereft when his dog ran away.

bereaveverb

bereft

Präteritum

bereaved

Präteritum

bereaved

Partizip Perfekt

bereaving

Gerundium

/bɪˈriːv/

/bɪˈriv/

Übersetzungen

The war will bereave many families of their loved ones.

Война лишит многие семьи их близких.

Zusätzliche Übersetzungen

Definitionen

To deprive someone of a loved one through a profound absence, especially due to the loved one's death.

The family was bereaved of their father after the tragic accident.

To deprive a person or thing of something valuable or necessary.

Years of drought bereaved the land of its fertility.

Synonyme

take away