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bereft

Translations

bereftpast participle
Functions as an adjective formed from the past participle of the verb “bereave”; regularly used predicatively (‘bereft of’).
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.
Additional translations
обездоленныйкнижн., реже
bereaveverb

bereft

Past Simple

bereaved
Past Simple
bereaved
Past Participle
bereaving
Gerund
UK
/bɪˈriːv/
US
/bɪˈriv/
The war will bereave many families of their loved ones.
Война лишит многие семьи их близких.
Additional translations
обездолить
Synonyms
strip
take away
divest
rob
deprive

Definitions

bereftpast participle
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
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.
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