adjective [notbeforenoun] (formal)
1 ~ of sth completely lacking sth; having lost sth:
bereft of ideas / hope
2 (of a person) sad and lonely because you have lost sth:
He was utterly bereft when his wife died. * The shock of his departure had left her feeling alone and bereft.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for bereft is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Does bereft appear elsewhere on Lughet?
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