bereft
11Bereft — Infobox Film name =Bereft director =Tim Daly and J. Clark Mathis producer =Tim Daly and Stephen Burleigh writer =Peter Ferland || Bereft is a 2004 film written by Peter Ferland and directed by Tim Daly and J. Clark Mathis. Bereft is the first… …
12bereft — bereaved, bereft The verb bereave, meaning ‘to deprive (someone)’, is normally used in the passive. When the meaning refers in general ways to possessions, feelings, etc., the past participle is bereft: • Without her, he felt bereft as a child at …
13bereft — adjective Date: 1565 1. a. deprived or robbed of the possession or use of something usually used with of < both players are instantly bereft of their poise A. E. Wier > b. lacking something needed, wanted, or expected used with of < the book… …
14bereft — be|reft [bıˈreft] adj [Date: 1500 1600; Origin: Old form of bereaved] 1.) bereft of hope/meaning/life etc completely without any hope etc ▪ The team now seems bereft of inspiration. 2.) feeling very sad and lonely ▪ His death in 1990 left her… …
15bereft — Many children leave school altogether bereft of mathematical skills (Times, cited by Kingsley Amis in The State of the Language). To be bereft of something is not to lack it but to be dispossessed of it. A spinster is not bereft of a husband …
16bereft — adjective formal 1 bereft of hope/meaning/life etc completely without any hope etc: The party s manifesto is bereft of new ideas. 2 feeling very sad and lonely: He had left, and she felt completely bereft …
17bereft — /bi reft /, v. 1. a pt. and pp. of bereave. adj. 2. deprived: They are bereft of their senses. He is bereft of all happiness. [1525 35; BE + REFT] * * * …
18bereft — To be bereft of something is not to lack it but to be dispossessed of it, to lose it. A spinster is not bereft of a husband, but a widow is. (The word is the past participle of bereave.) …
19bereft — [[t]bɪre̱ft[/t]] ADJ GRADED: usu v link ADJ, usu ADJ of n If a person or thing is bereft of something, they no longer have it. [FORMAL] The place seemed to be utterly bereft of human life …
20bereft — adjective 1》 (bereft of) deprived of or lacking: her room was bereft of colour. 2》 lonely and abandoned. Origin C16: archaic past participle of bereave …
